Definition of bristle

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

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Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..
Birse :: Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.
Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..
Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
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
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.
Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Berstle :: Berstle (n.) See Bristle.
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
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..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Lepisma :: Lepisma (n.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug..
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