Definition of bristle

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Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..

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Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..
Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..
Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
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..
Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..
Brustle :: Brustle (n.) A bristle.
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
Berstle :: Berstle (n.) See Bristle.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Awned :: Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
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