Bristled

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bristled
       adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
             or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
             mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
             whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {briery},
              {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
              {spiny}, {thorny}]