[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nettle \net"tle\, v. t. imp.  p. p. nettled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   nettling.
   to fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience
   sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to
   violent anger.
   1913 webster

         the princes were so nettled at the scandal of this
         affront, that every man took it to himself.
                                                  --l'estrange.
   1913 webster
see also:
nettled nettling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nettle \net"tle\, n. as. netele; akin to d. netel, g. nessel,
   ohg. nezz"ila, nazza, dan. nelde, naumlde, sw.
   naumssla; cf, lith. notere. bot.
   a plant of the genus urtica, covered with minute sharp
   hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
   urtica gracilis is common in the northern, and urtica
   chamaedryoides in the southern, united states. the common
   european species, urtica urens and urtica dioica, are
   also found in the eastern united states. urtica pilulifera
   is the roman nettle of england.
   1913 webster

   note: the term nettle has been given to many plants related
         to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:

   australian nettle, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
      laportea as laportea gigas and laportea moroides;
      -- also called nettle tree.

   bee nettle, hemp nettle, a species of galeopsis. see
      under hemp.

   blind nettle, dead nettle, a harmless species of
      lamium.

   false nettle baehmeria cylindrica, a plant common in
      the united states, and related to the true nettles.

   hedge nettle, a species of stachys. see under hedge.

   horse nettle solanum carolinense. see under horse.

   nettle tree.
   a same as hackberry.
   b see australian nettle above.

   spurge nettle, a stinging american herb of the spurge
      family jatropha urens.

   wood nettle, a plant laportea canadensis which stings
      severely, and is related to the true nettles.
      1913 webster

   nettle cloth, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
      used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.

   nettle rash med., an eruptive disease resembling the
      effects of whipping with nettles.

   sea nettle zool., a medusa.
      1913 webster
see also:
urtica urtica gracilis urtica chamaedryoides urtica urens urtica dioica urtica pilulifera 
australian nettle laportea laportea gigas laportea moroides nettle tree 
bee nettle hemp nettle galeopsis hemp blind nettle 
dead nettle lamium false nettle baehmeria cylindrica hedge nettle 
stachys hedge horse nettle solanum carolinense horse 
hackberry spurge nettle jatropha urens wood nettle laportea canadensis 
nettle cloth nettle rash sea nettle 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nettle
     n : any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin
         irritation on contact especially of the genus urtica or
         family urticaceae
     v 1: sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or
          sensation syn: urticate
     2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
        irritations; "mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers
        me"; "it irritates me that she never closes the door after
        she leaves" syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get
        at, irritate, rile, nark, gravel, vex, chafe,
         devil
see also:
urticate annoy rag get to bother get at 
irritate rile nark gravel vex 
chafe devil 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

112 moby thesaurus words for "nettle":
   aggravate, agitate, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, bedevil,
   beset, blow the coals, bother, bramble, brier, bristle, brown off,
   bug, bullyrag, burn up, burr, cactus, catchweed, chafe, chivy,
   cleavers, devil, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, embitter,
   exasperate, excite, exercise, fan, fan the flame, fash,
   feed the fire, ferment, fire, foment, fret, get, goose grass,
   gripe, harass, harry, heat, heat up, heckle, hector, hound, huff,
   impassion, incense, incite, inflame, instigate, irk, irritate,
   miff, molest, nag, needle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, perturb,
   pester, pick on, pine needle, pique, plague, plaque,
   pluck the beard, pother, prickle, provoke, put out, put up to,
   quill, rally, rankle, ride, rile, roil, ruffle, set on, set up,
   sic on, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker,
   stir the blood, stir the embers, stir up, tease, thistle, thorn,
   tickle, torment, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex,
   whet, whip up, work up, worry, yucca

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

nettle
   1. heb. haral, "pricking" or "burning," prov. 24:30, 31 r.v.
   marg., "wild vetches"; job 30:7; zeph. 2:9. many have supposed
   that some thorny or prickly plant is intended by this word, such
   as the bramble, the thistle, the wild plum, the cactus or
   prickly pear, etc. it may probably be a species of mustard, the
   sinapis arvensis, which is a pernicious weed abounding in
   corn-fields. tristram thinks that this word "designates the
   prickly acanthus acanthus spinosus, a very common and
   troublesome weed in the plains of palestine."
   
     2. heb. qimmosh, isa. 34:13; hos. 9:6; prov. 24:31 in both
   versions, "thorns". this word has been regarded as denoting
   thorns, thistles, wild camomile; but probably it is correctly
   rendered "nettle," the urtica pilulifera, "a tall and vigorous
   plant, often 6 feet high, the sting of which is much more severe
   and irritating than that of our common nettle."
   

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