Sentence:  They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with <WSD>bosky</WSD> beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Bushy, bristling.