Bris″tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bristled (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bristling (�).] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; — sometimes with up.
Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty
Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest.
Shak.
Boy, bristle thy courage up.
Shak.
2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread.