To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] Otway.
Brus"tle, n. A bristle. [Obs. or Prov.] Chaucer.
Brut (&?;), v. i. [F. brouter, OF. brouster. See Browse, n.] To browse. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Brut, n. (Zoöl.) See Birt.
||Bru"ta (&?;), n. [NL., neuter pl., fr. L. brutus heavy, stupid.] (Zoöl.) See Edentata.
Bru"tal (&?;), a. [Cf. F. brutal. See Brute, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature. "Above the rest of brutal kind." Milton.
2. Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners. "Brutal intemperance." Macaulay.
Bru"tal*ism (&?;), n. Brutish quality; brutality.
Bru*tal"i*ty (&?;), n.; pl. Brutalities (&?;). [Cf. F. brutalité.] 1. The quality of being brutal; inhumanity; savageness; pitilessness.