rustle (rusl)

[ In the sweeping of the wind your ear The pa age of the Angel's wings will hear, And on the lichen-crusted leads above The rustle of the eternal rain of love. M. Arnold, Church of Brou, iii. IMG:content-2641.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. One who works or acts with energy and promptne ; an active, efficient person; a "hustler"; originally, a cowboy. [Slang, western U. S.] A horde of rustlers who are running off stock. The Vindicator (Los Lunas, New Mexico), Oct. 27, 1883. They're a thirsty crowd, an' it comes expinsive; but they're worth it, fer they're rustlers , ivery wan of thim. The Century , XXXVII. 770. rustle (rust'les), a. [ from rust; that will not rust. I have known her fastidious in seeking pure metal for clean uses; and, when once a bloodle and rustle instrument was found, she was careful of the prize, keeping it in silk and cotton wool. Charlotte Brontë, Villette, viii. "Polarite"- a rustle magnetic oxide of iron in a highly porous condition. The Engineer, LXIX. 486. rustlingly (rus'ling-li), adv. With a rustling sound. On Autumn-nights, when rain Doth rustlingly above your heads complain On the smooth leaden roof. M. Arnold, Church of Brou, iii. rust-mite (rust'mīt), n. One of certain mites of the family Phytoptidæ , or ga tidæ , or gall-mites, which do not produce galls properly speaking, but live in a rust-like substance which they produce upon the leaves or fruit of certain plants. Many of these rusts have been described by botanists as rust - fungi . Phytoptus oleivorus is the rust-mite of the orange, which produces the brownish discoloration often noticed on oranges.