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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat

bristly

Bacon.

Adj.

bris'ly. Thick set with bristles, or with hairs like bristles; rough.

bristly ‎(comparative bristlier, superlative bristliest)

covered with bristles

Irish: guaireach, mosach
Russian: щети́нистый (ru) ‎(ščetínistyj), жёсткий (ru) ‎(žóstkij), колю́чий (ru) ‎(koljúčij)

easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling