Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bristled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bristling.]
1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the
bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
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Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty
Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak.
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Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak.
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2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bristled
adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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