Definition of bristle

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

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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..
Cinura :: Cinura (n. pl.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma..
Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Awned :: Awned (a.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded..
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
Birse :: Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.
Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Setous :: Setous (a.) Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Acicula :: Acicula (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal..
Brustle :: Brustle (n.) A bristle.
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
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