Bristles
['bristlz]
Examples
- As in hand-making and before subjected to the action of the machine, the bristles are sorted as to length and color. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Oh, on certain sides Louisa bristles with perceptions. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The other cylinder was covered with brushes, and so placed that the tips of the bristles of these brushes touched the saw-teeth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These generally consist of long bristles, capable of movement and easily excited. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In this, brush blocks of varying sizes, but of the same pattern, are bored by the same machine which receives the bristles, and the tufts are inserted as fast as the holes are bored. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The finer quality of bristles goes to the brushmakers, and the balance is used by upholsterers for mixing with horse hair. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A comb-shaped slitted plate in the machine has then each slit filled with bristles, sufficient in number to form a single tuft. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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