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Bristled   /brˈɪsəld/   Listen
Bristled

adjective
1.
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc..  Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny.  "Bristly shrubs" , "Burred fruits" , "Setaceous whiskers"


Bristle

verb
(past & past part. bristled; pres. part. bristling)
1.
Be in a state of movement or action.  Synonyms: abound, burst.  "The garden bristled with toddlers"
2.
Rise up as in fear.  Synonyms: stand up, uprise.  "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
3.
Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles.
4.
React in an offended or angry manner.



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"Bristled" Quotes from Famous Books



... the residences of the nobles. These were strong stone fortresses, usually perched upon some rocky eminence, and defended by moats and towers. France, Germany, Italy, Northern Spain, England, and Scotland, in which countries the Feudal System became most thoroughly developed, fairly bristled with these fortified residences of the nobility. One of the most striking and picturesque features of the scenery of many districts of Europe at the present time is the ivy-mantled towers and walls of these feudal castles, now ...
— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers
... he spoke a row of pikes bristled around him, holding the knight at bay, while a hook was fixed in the doublet of each of the Alsatian captains, and they were plucked forward and dragged into the house. This done, Nicholas and his men ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... old house, like a being lethargic after long revelry, clad in torn and stained garments, seemed unready for mirth. Andrew was highly antagonistic. The hound had bristled, growling, at the ...
— Gone to Earth • Mary Webb
... with her swarthy crew crowding her bamboo decks, and their dark skins shining in the sun. Their spears bristled, and as they leaned over the side and peered eagerly among the bushes, the party ashore felt to a man that once they were in the power of so savage-looking a crew no mercy ...
— Mother Carey's Chicken - Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle • George Manville Fenn
... leisurely, and a silent argument over some old-time dispute proceeded in true husky fashion. They walked round and round each other, seeming almost to tiptoe in their efforts to browbeat. Their manes bristled and their fangs bared to the gums, but never a sound came from their deep-toned throats. And such is ever the way of the husky, unless stirred to the wildest fury. The other dogs paid no heed; the smell which emanated from Ralph's ...
— In the Brooding Wild • Ridgwell Cullum


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