BUS'TLE, verb intransitive bus'l. [ This word may be allied to busy, or to Latin festino.] To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion, often or usually with the sense of noise or agitation. And leave the world for me to bustle in. BUS'TLE, noun bus'l. Hurry; great stir; rapid motion with noise and agitation; tumult from stirring or agitation; combustion. All would have been well without this bustle
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