Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BRISTLE
BRISTLE, v.i.
- To rise or stand erect; as, the hair bristles. – Dryden.
- To raise the head and strut, as in anger or defiance; as, a man bristles up to another. In this sense the word is common in the United States, but generally pronounced brustle.
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