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Bristled

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having bristles
Adjective
  1. 1
    having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bristle form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed.

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