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Webster 1913 Edition
Hirsute
1.
Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.
2.
Rough and coarse; boorish.
[R.]
Cynical and
hirsute
in his behavior. Life of A. Wood.
3.
(Bot.)
Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.
Gray.
4.
(Zool.)
Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hirsute
HIRSU'TE
,Adj.
1.
Hairy; rough with hair; shaggy; set with bristles.2.
In botany, it is nearly synonymous with hispid, but it denotes having more hairs or bristles, and less stiff.