nettler noun4 •One who nettles; a vexatious or provoking individual or organization.But these are the Nettlers, these are the babbing Bookes that tell, though not halfe your fellows feats. — 1641 •An irritation or provocation.That thrust you gave me, Tims, has prov'd a nettler— Your stab turns out, what I have been, — a Settler! — 1820 •On who applies nettles to another person (as a prank, punishment, or as part of a ritual).Nettled noses can be no delight to the nettled and ought to be no delight to the nettlers. — 1952 •A plant or animal that has poisonous stinging hairs, spikes or tendrils.The first description of the latter cnidae in that species was made by Uchida in 1929 (Uchida, 1929). Both animals are rather heavy nettlers for human divers and bathers. — 1973 formsnettlers
