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Definition of Bristles
Bristle 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.
Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged
war bristle his angry crest. --Shak.
Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak.
2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
Bristle Bristle Bris"tle, v. i.
1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing,
thick and erect, like bristles.
The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten
thousand bayonets. --Thackeray.
Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay.
3. To show defiance or indignation.
To bristle up, to show anger or defiance.
