Definition of bristle

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Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..

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Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Perigynium :: Perigynium (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..
Bristled :: Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristl.
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