BRISTLE, BRISTLY
ADJECTIVES
1804 ► THRISSLY → THRISTLY bristly; abounding in thistles → Sc.
NOUNS
1519 ► JAG a protruding bristle, hair, or fibre; a hairy, bristly, or thread-like outgrowth or projection → obs.
1815 ► BRUSSEL a bristle → Amer. dial.
1911 ► BIRSE a bristle; hair; a plume of hair or bristles → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1935 ► FEATHER UP to bristle, to prepare to fight → Amer. dial.
1972 ► PRICKLE to react defensively or angrily; to bristle
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