Bristle(n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
Bristle(n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
Bristle(v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
Bristle(v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
Bristle(v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Bristle(v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
Bristle(v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
Bristled(imp. & p. p.) of Bristle
Bristling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bristle
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