Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Hair-brown

Hair″–brown′ (–broun′), a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

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Hair-salt

Hair″–salt′ (–sa̤lt′), n. [A translation of G. haarsalz.] (Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

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Hairbell

Hair″bell′ (hâr″bĕl′), n.(Bot.) See Harebell.

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Hairbird

Hair″bird′ (–bẽrd), n.(Zoöl.) The chipping sparrow.

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Hairbrained

Hair″brained′ (–brānd′), a. See Harebrained.

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Hairbreadth

Hair″breadth′ (–brĕdth), Hair's″ breadth′ (hârz″). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.Every one co...

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Hairbreadth (2)

Hair″breadth′, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.

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Hairbrush

Hair″brush′ (–brŭsh′), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.

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Haircloth

Hair″cloth′ (–klŏth′), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.

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Hairdresser

Hair″dress′er (–drĕs′ẽr), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.

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Haired

Haired (hârd), a. 1. Having hair. “A beast haired like a bear.” Purchas.2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.

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Hairen

Hai″ren (hâr″en), a. [AS. hǣren.] Hairy.His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor.

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Hairiness

Hair″i‐ness (–ĭ‐nĕs), n. The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair. Johnson.

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Hairless

Hair″less, a. Destitute of hair. Shak.

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Hairpin

Hair″pin′ (–pĭn′), n. A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, — used by women.

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Hairsplitter

Hair″split′ter (–splĭt′tẽr), n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. “The caviling hairsplitter.” De Quincey.

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Hairsplitting

Hair″split′ting (–tĭng), a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. — n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.The ancient hairsplitti...

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Hairspring

Hair″spring′ (–sprĭng′), n.(Horology) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

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Hairstreak

Hair″streak′ (–strēk′), n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

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Hairtail

Hair″tail′ (–tāl′), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepturus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, point...

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Hairy

Hair″y (–y̆), a. Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.

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Haitian

Hai″ti‐an (hā″tĭ‐an), a. & n. See Haytian.

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Haje

Ha″je (hä″jē̍), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zoöl.) The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck...

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Hake

Hake (hāk), n. [See Hatch a half door.] A drying shed, as for unburned tile.

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Hake (2)

Hake, n. [Also haak.] [Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the ge...

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Hake (3)

Hake (hāk), v. i. To loiter; to sneak.

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Hake's-dame

Hake's″–dame′ (hāks″dām′), n. See Forkbeard.