Definition of bristle

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

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Setulose :: Setulose (a.) Having small bristles or setae.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. i.) To show defiance or indignation.
Ctenostomata :: Ctenostomata (n. pl.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles..
Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Rough with bristles or minute spines.
Brustle :: Brustle (v. i.) To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Perigynium :: Perigynium (n.) Some unusual appendage about the pistil, as the bottle-shaped body in the sedges, and the bristles or scales in some other genera of the Sedge family, or Cyperaceae..
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up..
Chaetotaxy :: Chaetotaxy (n.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Acicular :: Acicular (a.) Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless..
Drosera :: Drosera (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Bristle :: Bristle (v. t.) To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread..
Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..
Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy.
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