Citations:bristle

English citations of bristle

• 1940, Brooms, Brushes & Mops, volumes 43-44, page 16:

  THE first rug cleaning brushes bristled with nylon have been installed […] rebristled at least three times a year. A rug cleaning machine uses two […]

• 1949, Western City Magazine, volume 25, page 13:

  […] re-bristle one of your present rotary street sweepers. THEN YOU BE THE JUDGE. / COMPETITIVE BIDS We are ready to submit bids for your next purchase of bristling material. We will be glad to submit competitive bids upon receipt of […]

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• circa 1848, John Ralls, letter, quoted in Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress (1845-1849 : Polk), page 128:

  […] the outlines of walls and houses were bristled with musketry, which continued to the last to pour in the direction of our party, added to which were hand grenades, which the enemy were constantly throwing into our midst. Several of the first exploded without ...

• 1831, Oliver Goldsmith, The History of England, page 472:

  […] were bristled with artillery; and his barbarian subjects fought with desperation. Happily their defence was less able than courageous; and, after an uninterrupted fire of six hours, and a dreadful carnage, the skill and cool […]