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Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..

Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..

Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..

Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle.

Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..

Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..

Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

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..

Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..

Fibre :: fibre () A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

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..

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

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..

Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..

Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.

Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..

Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..

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