Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or
hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye,
etc., for the hair.
Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the
grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak. --
Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or
runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with
hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the
internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider
capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a
glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet
for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of
hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zoˆl.), any moth which
destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a
brush or pencil made of 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. - - Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the
hearth of a bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as
of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of
the head, or on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zoˆl.), any one of several species
of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating,
haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band
for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve,
a strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair
space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. --
Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger
so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as
by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. -- To
a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make
distinctions of useless nicety.
Hair"bell` (h‚r"bl`), n. (Bot.) See Harebell.
Hair"bird` (-brd), n. (Zoˆl.) The chipping sparrow.
Hair"brained` (-brnd`), a. See Harebrained.
Hair"breadth` (-brdth), Hair's" breadth` (h‚rz"). The diameter or
breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the
forty-eighth part of an inch.
Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.
Judg. xx. 16.
Hair"breadth`, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a
hairbreadth escape.
Hair"-brown` (-broun`), a. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown
human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
Hair"brush` (-brsh`), n. A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Hair"cloth` (-klth`), n. Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.
Hair"dress`er (-drs`r), n. One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Haired (h‚rd), a. 1. Having hair. "A beast haired like a bear."
Purchas.