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They asked him why he had not come on the previous Sunday , and he told them he had been ill ; they wanted to know what was the matter with him ; and Philip , to amuse them , suggested a mysterious ailment , the name of which , double-barrelled and barbarous with its mixture of Greek and Latin ( medical nomenclature bristled with such ) , made them shriek with delight . Larger coast artillery and anti-aircraft emplacements bristled in the area . France and Russia have long bristled at U.S. policy , and now Russia has put forth its own plan that could lead to the total suspension of sanctions . Their curving front bristled with flashes and the place resounded with the clangor of their ramrods . The field bristled with the long and deadly spears which they bore .