v. Obs. [? onomatopœic; cf. bustle, puzzle.]
1. trans. ? To distend, fill out. [cf. BUSTLE sb.2]
a. 1600[?]. Masque Twelve Months (N.). Ile take my perche upon Some citty head-attire … (Buzzell’d with bone-lace).
2. intr. ? To contend; to be emulous, envious. Hence Buzzling ppl. a.
a. 1639. W. Whateley, Prototypes, I. xix. (1640), 226. Have you not these kind of vying buzling thoughts in you?
1638. N. W[hiting], Albino & Bell., 65. Distracted were her thoughts in silence tyde Till love and honour buzzled, then she cryde.
3. = PUZZLE. ? Hence Buzzle-headed (but cf. BUSSLE-HEADED).
1671. J. Webster, Metallogr., xxiii. 305. They may well buzzle the brains of a person reasonably well versed in their terms.
a. 1644. Quarles, Virg. Widow, 32. Ye … addle-pated, buzzle-headed, splatter-footed Moon-calf.
