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Same as Ixtle.

Without aid or help. [R.] Pope.

See under Thistle.

To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with up. Now for the bare-picked bone of majesty Doth dogged war bristle his angry crest. Shak. Boy, bristle thy courage up. Shak.

Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.

Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.

ation; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak.

A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.

Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.

Irresistible. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift.

To fall in very fine drops, as rain.

e Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] Lindley. Loudon.

Without moisture; dry. [R.]

Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton. -- Re*sist"less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist"less*ness, n.

Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. -- Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. -- Canada thistle, Cnicus…

th or beak, as birds. The weary plowman leaves the task of day, And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way. Gay.