abristle
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of abristle
Example Sentences
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The Maine, a 7,000-ton armor-plated vessel, 324 feet long and abristle with cannon, was the second American battleship.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2012
They were rather a band of rebels in a century abristle with dissent.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Middle East has its own special catch-22: it is abristle with political code words that sound innocent but mean something else.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an M3: a 25-ton armored hulk, abristle with four machine guns and two cannon, seven tons heavier than the few medium tanks already in service.
From Time Magazine Archive
She galloped out, reddened, stirrups swinging, canteen bouncing, right into the waiting line; and down she lunged, abristle with feathered points launched into her by sheer spiteful joy.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
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