† ˈbrandle, v. Obs.
[ad. F. branler, found in both senses; the d may be due to an acquaintance with the earlier Fr. form brandeler, but more probably is merely phonetic, as in spindle; cf. also brangle, branle, bransle, brantle.]
a. trans. To shake, shock, cause to waver. b. intr. To become unsteady, to totter, waver.
| 1606 Ld. Northampton Proceed. agst. Garnet G g b. Subiects cannot be too curious, when the State brandles. 1621 Bacon Hen. VII, 96 It had like to have brandled the fortune of the day. 1655 Lestrange Chas. I, 112 Gave him so terrible a shock, as made his Vantguard to brandle. |