bristle
61bristle v — Use your own toothbrush! Tom bristled …
62bristle — 1. noun 1) the bristles on his chin Syn: hair, whisker; (bristles) stubble, five o clock shadow; Zoology seta/setae 2) a hedgehog s bristles Syn: spine, prickle, quill, barb 2. verb 1) …
63bristle — n 1. hair, whisker, nub, stubble, Scot. birse; prickle, Zool. seta, Bot. trichome, spicule, spine, quill, shoot; thorn, barb, barbule, point. v 2. prickle, horripillate, stand up, rise; start up, stir up, arouse; be angered, be infuriated, be… …
64bristle — bris·tle …
65bristle — 1. noun 1) the bristles on his chin Syn: hair, whisker; (bristles) stubble, five o clock shadow 2) a hedgehog s bristles Syn: spine, prickle, quill, barb 2. verb 1) …
66bristle — bris•tle [[t]ˈbrɪs əl[/t]] n. v. tled, tling 1) one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, esp. hogs, used in making brushes 2) anything resembling these hairs 3) to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles 4) to erect the bristles, as …
67bristle — n. & v. n. 1 a short stiff hair, esp. one of those on an animal s back. 2 this, or a man made substitute, used in clumps to make a brush. v. 1 a intr. (of the hair) stand upright, esp. in anger or pride. b tr. make (the hair) do this. 2 intr.… …
68To bristle up — Bristle Bris tle, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] His hair did bristle upon his head. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913… …
69bristle setae — (NEMATODA: Adenophorea) Ambulatory setae functioning in traction …
70bristle-thighed curlew — /bris euhl thuyd / an Alaskan curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, that winters in Polynesia, having bristlelike feathers on its thighs. * * * …
