HIRSU'TE, adjective [Latin hirsutus.]
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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.