'To bristle up' definitions:
Definition of 'To bristle up'
From: GCIDE
- Bristle \Bris"tle\, v. i.
- 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster]
- His hair did bristle upon his head. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster]
- The hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Ports bristling with thousands of masts. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To show defiance or indignation. [1913 Webster]
- To bristle up, to show anger or defiance. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To bristle up'
- Bristle,
- Bristled,
- Bristling,
- bristle at,
- bristle up,
- bristle with,
- bristle brush,
- bristle fern,
- bristle grass,
- Bristle-pointed,
- Bristle-shaped,
- yellow bristle grass,
- hare's-foot bristle fern,
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