Definition of bristle

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

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Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
Bristliness :: Bristliness (n.) The quality or state of having bristles.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..
Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..
Bristletail :: Bristletail (n.) An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles..
Berstle :: Berstle (n.) See Bristle.
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Awn :: Awn (n.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista..
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
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..
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..
Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors..
Setiferous :: Setiferous (a.) Producing, or having one or more, bristles..
Chaetotaxy :: Chaetotaxy (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
Birse :: Birse (n.) A bristle or bristles.
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
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