v. Obs. [ad. F. branler, found in both senses; the d may be due to an acquaintance with the earlier Fr. form brandeler, but more probably is merely phonetic, as in spindle; cf. also BRANGLE, BRANLE, BRANSLE, BRANTLE.]
a. trans. To shake, shock, cause to waver. b. intr. To become unsteady, to totter, waver.
1606. Ld. Northampton, Proceed. agst. Garnet, G g b. Subiects cannot be too curious, when the State brandles.
1622. Bacon, Hen. VII., 96. It had like to have brandled the fortune of the day.
1655. H. L’Estrange, Chas. I., 112. Gave him so terrible a shock, as made his Vantguard to brandle.
