Definition
• | A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. |
• | A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. |
• | To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. |
• | To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. |
• | To rise or stand erect, like bristles. |
• | To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. |
• | To show defiance or indignation. |