Bristle

·noun A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.

II. Bristle ·vi To show defiance or indignation.

III. Bristle ·vi To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

IV. Bristle ·vt To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.

V. Bristle ·noun A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

VI. Bristle ·vi To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.

VII. Bristle ·vt To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog;

— sometimes with up.