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(1):
(n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.
(2):
(v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up.
(3):
(v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.
(4):
(n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair.
(5):
(v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles.
(6):
(v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
(7):
(v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles.