bristle

A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.

the bristles of a pig

A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.

The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.

To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.

The cat’s fur bristled when the dog approached.

To abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.

the hill of La Haye Sainte bristling with ten thousand bayonets

ports bristling with thousands of masts

To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.

The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.

Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty / Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest.

To make (something) rise or stand erect, like bristles.

The lion is let looſe inthe night, and the Earle hauing a night-gowne caſt ouer his ſhirt, with his girdle and ſword, and ſo comming downe the ſtaires into the court, meeteth with the lion briſtling his haire, and roaring.

As for the Icnumon, hee hath but onely chāged his name;now called the Rat of Nilus.A beaſt particular to Ægypt,about the bigneſſe of a Cat, and as cleanly: ſnowted like a Ferret , but that blacke and without long haire,ſharpe tootht,round eard,ſhort legd,long taild (being thicke where it ioynes to the body,and ſpinie at the end)his haire ſharpe, hard,and branded, briſtling it vp when angry, and then will flye vpon a maſtiffe.

To cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses.

Your blatant attitude always bristles me.

Mr. Berman, you know me well enough to know that I—and it just bristles me when I hear agriculture thrown into one lump basket, that we’re a bunch of crooks and treat our workers bad, because that is not the case. I have—I wish you could talk to some of my farm workers.

Bristol, England (in imitation of the local dialect)

Correct Way to Speak Bristol.