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
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
Grey mustache abristle, Scholar Raugel hauled out his proofs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sharp at 8:45 p.m., his shoe-button eyes twinkling and his walrus mustache abristle, Monteux bounced in the front door.
From Time Magazine Archive
You must imagine this province of Vermont as overrun by Canadian soldiery; as crisscrossed by military roads and strategic railways; its hills and mountains abristle with forts whose guns are turned United Statesward.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
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