ppl. a. (UP- 6 b.)

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c. 1611.  Chapman, Iliad, II. 126. Zephyr’s vehement gusts … make the stiff up-bristled ears [of corn] do homage to his breath.

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1885.  C. J. Lyall, trans. Anc. Arab. Poet., 113. A lion with angry mane upbristled.

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