BRISTLE (2)

bristle (2). Bristle, v. to raise up the bristles, rough

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Bris″tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bristled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bristling (�).] 1. 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. 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.