v. [OE. brastlian, ME. brastlien; cf. MHG. barsteln, Sw. prassla. But the modern (Scotch) use may be a recent onomatopœia. Cf. BRATTLE, BRUSTLE.]

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  † 1.  intr. To crackle, clatter; to roar (as flames).

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, in Thorpe, Hom., II. 508 (Bosw.). Ðæt treow brastliende sah to ðam halʓan were.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 27463. Sceldes brastleden.

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  2.  To rush with clattering noise, or with excited haste. Sc.

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1826.  J. Wilson, Noct. Ambr., Wks. 1855, I. 234. Plouterin in the dubs, or brastlin up the braes.

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1835.  Blackw. Mag., XXXVIII. 156. A small trout or two brastled away to the other side of the shallow.

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