Rustling: alternatives and connections

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

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Sound of any kind.

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of Steal

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The act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same;…

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The practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.

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of Thieve

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring.

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To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

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Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.

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To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibratio…

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of Whisper

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