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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Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..
Styliferous :: Stylet (n.) Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
Ctenostomata :: Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles..
Brustle :: Brustle (n.) A bristle.
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..
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
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..
Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Horrent :: Horrent (a.) Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling..
Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..
Style :: Style (v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects..
Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
Frontlet :: Frontlet (n.) The margin of the head, behind the bill of birds, often bearing rigid bristles..
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
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