fustle, n. Sc. and dial.
(ˈfʌs(ə)l)
Also fussle.
[onomatopœic; cf. fuss, bustle.]
(See quots.) So ˈfustle v. dial., to make a fuss; ˈfustling ppl. a. dial., fussing, fussy.
| 1832–53 J. Ballantyne in Whistle-Binkie (Scot. Songs) Ser. ii. 116 Thou jaggy, kittly, gleg wee thing..Soon scamper aff, hap stap an' fling, Wi' couring fustle. 1847–78 Halliwell, Fussle, a slight confusion. Suffolk. Fustle, a fuss, or bustle. Warw. 1867 W. F. Rock Jim an' Nell cxxxiv. (E.D.S. No. 76), Zum foreward, fustling youth. 1891 Hartland Gloss., Fustle, to make a fuss. |