RUSTLE, verb intransitive rus'l.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing of silk cloth or dry leaves; as a rustling silk; rustling leaves or trees; rustling wings.
He is coming; I hear the straw rustle
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.