English to English Dictionary -bristle

Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..

Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..

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

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

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To rise or stand erect, like bristles..

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

Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.

Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..

Bristle-shaped :: Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf..

Bristled :: Bristled (imp. & p. p.) of Bristl.

Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..

Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.

Bristling :: Bristling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bristl.

Bristly :: Bristly (a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough..

Bristol :: Bristol (n.) A seaport city in the west of England.

Equilibrist :: Equilibrist (n.) One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.

Septembrist :: Septembrist (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792..