hair : Idioms & Phrases

• in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. Obs. "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak.

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• noun short hair growing over a person's body
  

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• the "root," or part whence the hair originates.

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• noun a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel
  camelhair.
  

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• a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials.

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• . A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

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• noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
  cross wire.
  
  • he had the target in his cross hairs

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• noun hair growing in the pubic area
  bush; crotch hair.
  

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• (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes.

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• noun hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
  

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• noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
  hairpiece; postiche.
  

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• (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.

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• noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals
  

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• noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
  hairball; trichobezoar.
  

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• (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.

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• noun care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair
  hairdressing; haircare.
  

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• noun a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti
  hair cell.
  

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• noun a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti
  hair cell.
  

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• (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.

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• noun a dye or tint for the hair
  hair coloring.
  
• noun coloring of the hair
  
  • her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold
• noun the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
  

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• a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.

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• noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
  curler; crimper; roller.
  
  • a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight

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• noun a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
  hair drier; hand blower; blow dryer; blow drier.
  

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• noun a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
  hair drier; hand blower; blow dryer; blow drier.
  

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• noun a dye or tint for the hair
  hair coloring.
  

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• noun a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them
  

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• noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
  hair gel; mousse.
  

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• a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.

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• noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
  Eleocharis acicularis; needle spike rush; needle rush; slender spike rush.
  

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Hair" grass`

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1. (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.

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• noun a toiletry for the hair
  hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
  

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• a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift.

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• a line made of hair; a very slender line.

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• (Zoöl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.

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• noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
  hair gel; mousse.
  

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• noun an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover
  

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• noun a toiletry for the hair
  hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
  

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• a brush or fine hair, for painting; generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.

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• an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire.

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• a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs.

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• noun any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
  earless seal; true seal.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.

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• haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.

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• noun an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
  

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• a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance.

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• a strainer with a haircloth bottom.

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• noun a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
  

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• . See Gordius.

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• noun (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters
  

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• (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type.

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• noun toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place
  

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• noun a very fine line in writing or printing
  

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• a delicate stroke in writing.

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• noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  hairdo; hairstyle; coif; coiffure.
  

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• noun a toiletry for the hair
  hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
  

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• noun a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
  

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• a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow.

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• noun a very small distance or space
  hair; whisker; hairsbreadth.
  
  • they escaped by a hair's-breadth
  • they lost the election by a whisker

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Hair"-brown` adjective

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1. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

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• noun excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones
  chiller.
  
  • the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser

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• adjective satellite extremely alarming
  nightmarish; bloodcurdling.
  

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Hair"-salt` noun

Etymology

A translation of G. haarsalz.

Definitions

1. (Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

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• adjective self-sacrificing or austere
  hair-shirt.
  

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• adjective self-sacrificing or austere
  hair-shirt.
  

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• noun mole of eastern North America
  Parascalops breweri; brewer's mole.
  

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• verb depend on a small thing or be at risk
  hang by a thread.
  
  • His life now hangs by a thread

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• noun growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
  mane.
  

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• noun a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
  

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La"dy's hair"

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1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

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• long, thin hair.

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Maid's" hair`

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1. (Bot.) The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).

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• of no value.

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• noun hair growing in the pubic area
  bush; crotch hair.
  

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• noun thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
  

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• (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes. Gray.

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• noun an artist's brush made of sable hairs
  sable brush; sable.
  

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• (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. Obs. Bacon.

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• noun a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
  whisker; vibrissa.
  

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• noun a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
  

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• with the nicest distinction.

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• to make distinctions of useless nicety.

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• noun delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
  Venushair; Adiantum capillus-veneris; Venus maidenhair; common maidenhair; southern maidenhair.
  

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• (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches.

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• (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile.

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