† ˈbuzzle, v. Obs.
[? onomatopœic; cf. bustle, puzzle.]
1. trans. ? To distend, fill out. [cf. bustle n.2]
| ? a 1600 Masque Twelve Months (N.) Ile take my perche upon Some citty head-attire..(Buzzell'd with bone-lace). |
2. intr. ? To contend; to be emulous, envious. Hence ˈbuzzling ppl. a.
| a 1639 W. Whately Prototypes i. xix. (1640) 226 Have you not these kind of vying buzling thoughts in you? 1638 N. W[hiting] Albino & Bell. 65 Distracted were her thoughts in silence tyde Till love and honour buzzled, then she cryde. |
3. = puzzle. ? Hence ˈbuzzle-ˌheaded (but cf. bussle-headed).
| 1671 J. Webster Metallogr. xxiii. 305 They may well buzzle the brains of a person reasonably well versed in their terms. a 1644 Quarles Virg. Widow 32 Ye..addle-pated, buzzle-headed, splatter-footed Moon-calf. |