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Bristle
(gcide) | Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. i.
1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
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His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing,
thick and erect, like bristles.
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The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten
thousand bayonets. --Thackeray.
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Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay.
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3. To show defiance or indignation.
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To bristle up, to show anger or defiance.
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Bristle
(gcide) | 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.
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2. (Bot.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. --Gray.
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Bristle
(gcide) | 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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bristle
(wn) | bristle
n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse 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, bristle]
2: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight
to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, {stand
up}]
3: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles;
"bristling leaves"
4: react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her
suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program" |
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