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bristling |
1 definition found 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.
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