Definition of bristle

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

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Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..
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.
Setous :: Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..
Lepisma :: Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug..
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
Cinura :: Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma..
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
Verriculate :: Verriculate (a.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches..
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