Definition of bristle

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Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread..

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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..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread..
Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..
Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..
Thysanura :: Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Chaetotaxy :: Chaetotaxy (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
Birse :: Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
Bisetous :: Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
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