† brustn.
Obsolete.
A bristle.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] > coat > hair, wool, or fur > bristle
birsea700
brusta1000
bristlec1314
setule1826
seta1858
chaeta1896
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 46 Seta, byrst.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 156 Hyre twigu beoð swylce swinen byrst.
c1330 Rouland & Ver. 861 No Jubiter, no apolin, No is worþ þe brust of a swin, In hert no in þouȝt.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qi v/2 A Bruste, seta.
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† brustadj.
Obsolete.
Bristled, with bristles erect, bristling; also figurative.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a coat > hairy, furry, or woolly > having bristles or bristly > with bristles erect
brusta1225
a1225 Juliana 68 Set þat balefule beast as an burst bar [Bodl. MS. iburst bar] þat grunde his tuskes.
c1325 Pol. Songs 151 Cometh the maister budel brust ase a bore.
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