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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bristle \Bris"tle\ (br[i^]s"s'l), n. [OE. bristel, brustel, AS bristl, byrst; akin to D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw borst, and to Skr. bh[.r]shti edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr 'a`flaston stern of a ship, and E. brush, burr, perh. to brad. [root]96.] 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. 2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bristle n 1: a stiff course hair or filament; natural or synthetic 2: a stiff hair v 1: be in a state of movement or action "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: {abound}, {burst}] 2: rise up of animals fur or hair; as in fear
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