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<hw>Hail"shot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Small shot which scatter like hailstones.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hayward.</i>

<h1>Hailstone</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hail"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.</def>

<h1>Hailstorm</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hail"storm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A storm accompanied with hail; a shower of hail.</def>

<h1>Haily</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hai"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of hail.</def> "<i>Haily</i> showers."

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Han</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Han</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Sw. <ets>h\'84gn</ets> hedge, inclosure, Dan. <ets>hegn</ets> hedge, fence. See <er>Hedge</er>.]</ety> <def>To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.</def> "A ground . . . <i>hained</i> in."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Hain't</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hain't</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. A contraction of <i>have not</i> or <i>has not</i>; <as>as, I <ex>hain't</ex>, he <ex>hain't</ex>, we <ex>hain't</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq. or illiterate speech.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>han't</asp>.]</altsp><-- now ain't -->

<h1>Hair</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>her</ets>, <ets>heer</ets>, <ets>h\'91r</ets>, AS. <ets>h&aemac;r</ets>; akin to OFries, <ets>h&emac;r</ets>, D. & G. <ets>haar</ets>, OHG. & Icel. <ets>h&amac;r</ets>, Dan. <ets>haar</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'86r</ets>; cf. Lith. <ets>kasa</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.</def>

<blockquote>Then read he me how Sampson lost his <b>hairs</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And draweth new delights with hoary <b>hairs</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; <as>as, <ex>hair</ex> for stuffing cushions</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (<spn>Nuphar</spn>).</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A haircloth.</def> <mark>[Obc.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Hairs</i> is often used adjectively or in combination; as, <i>hair</i>brush or <i>hair</i> brush, <i>hair</i> dye, <i>hair</i> oil, <i>hair</i>pin, <i>hair</i> powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.</note>

<cs><col>Against the hair</col>, <cd>in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "You go <i>against the hair<i> of your professions." <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hair bracket</col> <fld>(Ship Carp.)</fld>, <cd>a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.</cd> -- <col>Hair cells</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Hair compass</col>, <col>Hair divider</col></mcol>, <cd>a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.</cd> -- <col>Hair glove</col>, <cd>a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.</cd> -- <col>Hair lace</col>, <cd>a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. <i>Swift</i>.</cd> -- <col>Hair line</col>, <cd>a line made of hair; a very slender line.</cd> -- <col>Hair moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. <spn>Tinea biselliella</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Hair pencil</col>, <cd>a brush or fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; <as>as, a camel's <ex>hair pencil<ex>, a sable's <ex>hair pencil<ex>, etc</as>.</cd> -- <col>Hair plate</col>, <cd>an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire.</cd> -- <col>Hair powder</col>, <cd>a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs.</cd> -- <col>Hair seal</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.</cd> -- <col>Hair seating</col>, <cd>haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hair shirt</col>, <cd>a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance.</cd> -- <col>Hair sieve</col>, <cd>a strainer with a haircloth bottom.</cd> -- <col>Hair snake</col>. <cd>See <er>Gordius</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hair space</col> <fld>(Printing)</fld>, <cd>the thinnest metal space used in lines of type.</cd> -- <col>Hair stroke</col>, <cd>a delicate stroke in writing.</cd> -- <col>Hair trigger</col>, <cd>a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. <i>Farrow</i>.</cd> -- <col>Not worth a hair</col>, <cd>of no value.</cd> -- <col>To a hair</col>, <cd>with the nicest distinction.</cd> -- <col>To split hairs</col>, <cd>to make distinctions of useless nicety.</cd></cs>