brusle

verb2

1. •
   (no longer used) To cause (something) to bristle or stand erect.

   • But when the Sun behind th' opacous Globe Suffer'd Ecclipse,Cold, pierc'd her slender Robe ; At which she waking, brusles up her Tail, Then lighting pearch'd upon the neighbouring Pale ; […] — 1665
2. •
   (no longer used) To bristle; to brustle; to react with fierceness, fear, suspicion, distance, or defiance.