birsyadj.
/ˈbəːsi/, U.S. /ˈbərsi/, Scottish English /ˈbɪrsɪ/, /ˈbʌrsɪ/ Scottish.
= bristly adj., bristling n. literal and 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
bristleda1300
birsya1522
birsit1553
bristling1607
stickle-haired1615
starey1869
chaetigerous1896
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. iv. 127 The monstre..With byrsy body.
1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 145 His black birsie beard.
1836 Scot. Monthly Mag. July 183 The creature was a birsie bodie.
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adj.a1522- shading
- shading-off
- shadingoff
- shadings
- shadoof
- shadoofs
- shadow
- shadow box
- shadow buff
- shadow cabinet
- shadow canoe
- shadow caster
- shadow catcher
- shadow cretonne
- shadow dial
- shadow director
- shadow ditch
- shadow embroidery
- shadow figure
- shadow grass
- shadow hedge
- shadow hilet
- shadow lace
- shadow mask
- shadow minister