单词 | bristled |
释义 | bristledadj. 1. Covered, set, or tipped with bristles or stiff prickly hairs; rough and prickly, bristly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > bristly bristleda1300 bristly1591 hispid1647 setigerous1656 setose1661 awny1786 setiform1816 setous1822 setulose1826 setiferous1828 setulous1852 hispidulous1854 setiparous1870 setuliform1879 setal1891 setaceous- the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having bristles or bristly bristleda1300 birsya1522 birsit1553 bristling1607 stickle-haired1615 starey1869 chaetigerous1896 a1300 K. Alis. 5722 His rigge was bristled as with sharp sithen. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. 148 Þe bristled [e] boor. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxix. ii His bryes brystled truely lyke a sowes. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xlvi. 505 The eares are..more bristeled or bearded. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. ii. 92 With his Amazonian Shinne he droue The brizled Lippes before him. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 The bristled Boar..New grinds his arming Tusks. View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Southall Treat. Buggs 19 Has six Legs..jointed and bristled as the Legs of a Crab. 2. Of hair or feathers: a. Stiff like bristles. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid > stiff like bristle bristled1553 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cijv In the stede of a tayle, a mane, or rough and bristeled heare. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 22 By thy brizzled beard. b. Erect, raised, ‘on end’. ΚΠ 1832 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. I. 169 The hen hurries about with hanging wings and bristled feathers. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 84/2 With bristled mane and haggard eye. 3. Set as with bristles; bristling. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > covered with projecting points bristling1597 horrent1667 bristled1676 bristly1864 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads iii. 183 The brissled Ranks Of th' armed Greeks. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 309 The..central range..bristled with pointed rocks. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 159 Through bristled ramparts and triple lines of shields. 4. Furnished with a bristle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having points like prickles or bristles sharpc1000 prickling1567 prickly1577 prickled1578 thistly1605 pricklish1698 spicated1703 bristled1794 thistlish1858 stivery1892 burred1906 1794 Gold. Age in Poet. Reg. (1807) 407 Arm'd with a bristled end and glittering awl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasˈbristled ˈbristled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > scorched a-roastc1300 broillyc1400 bristled1553 scorcheda1616 charred1794 birsled1833 charked1870 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados vii. x. 109 Blunt styngis, of the brissillit tre [MSS. byrsillit]. 1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 93 The perched or burstled peasen..called in Northumberland Carlines. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words ‘Brusled pease’ i.e. parched pease. < adj.a1300 as lemmas |
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