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bristle 
  n 
1 any short stiff hair of an animal or plant, such as any of the hairs on a pig's back 
2 something resembling these hair 
toothbrush bristle  
  vb 
3 when intr, often foll by: up to stand up or cause to stand up like bristles 
the angry cat's fur bristled  
4 intr; sometimes foll by: up to show anger, indignation, etc 
she bristled at the suggestion  
5 intr to be thickly covered or set 
the target bristled with arrows  
6 intr to be in a state of agitation or movement 
the office was bristling with activity  
7 tr o provide with a bristle or bristles 
  (C13 bristil, brustel, from earlier brust, from Old English byrst; related to Old Norse burst, Old High German borst) 
♦  bristly  adj 

bristle-grass 
  n any of various grasses of the genus Setaria, such as S. viridis, having a bristly inflorescence 
bristle worm 
  n  a popular name for a  →  polychaete 



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