Definition of bristle

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

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Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..
Cinura :: Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma..
Awned :: Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded..
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.
Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair..
Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Setigerous :: Setigerous (a.) Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Bristled :: Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristl.
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..
Setous :: Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
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