Part 5077

<h1>Hairbell</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"bell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Harebell</er>.</def>

<h1>Hairbird</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The chipping sparrow.</def>

<h1>Hairbrained</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"brained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Harebrained</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Hairbreadth, Hair'sbreadth</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"breadth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hair's"breadth`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>. <def>The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.</def>

<blockquote>Every one could sling stones at an <b>hairbreadth</b> and not miss. <i>Judg. xx. 16</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hairbreadth</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"breadth`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; <as>as, a <ex>hairbreadth</ex> escape</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Hair"-brown`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.</def>

<h1>Hairbrush</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"brush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.</def>

<h1>Haircloth</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"cloth`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Stuff or cloth made wholly or in part of hair.</def>

<h1>Hairdresser</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"dress`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.</def>

<h1>Haired</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Haired</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having hair.</def> "A beast <i>haired</i> like a bear."

<i>Purchas.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In composition: Having (such) hair; <as>as, red-<ex>haired</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hairen</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hai"ren</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h<?/ren</ets>.]</ety> <def>Hairy.</def> <mark>[Obc.]</mark>

<blockquote>His <b>hairen</b> shirt and his ascetic diet. <i>J. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Hair" grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the <spn>Agrostis scabra</spn>, and several species of <spn>Aira</spn> or <spn>Deschampsia</spn>.</def>