Definition of bristle

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

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Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Awn :: Awn (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista..
Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
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..
Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.
Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..
Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..
Style :: Style (v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects..
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..
Bristled :: Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristl.
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
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