Part 5078

<h1>Hairiness</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Hairless</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of hair.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hairpin</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"pin`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.</def>

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

<hw>Hair"-salt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A translation of G. <ets>haarsalz</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.</def>

<h1>Hairsplitter</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"split`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.</def> "The caviling <i>hairsplitter</i>."

<i>De Quincey.</i>

<h1>Hairsplitting</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"split`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.</def></def2>

<blockquote>The ancient <b>hairsplitting</b> technicalities of special pleading. <i>Charles Sumner.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hairspring</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"spring`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Horology)</fld> <def>The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.</def>

<h1>Hairstreak</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"streak`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A butterfly of the genus <spn>Thecla</spn>; <as>as, the green <ex>hairstreak</ex> (<spn>T. rubi</spn>).</as></def>

<h1>Hairtail</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"tail`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any species of marine fishes of the genus <spn>Trichiurus</spn>; esp., <spn>T. lepterus</spn> of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also <altname>bladefish</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hairworm</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"worm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A nematoid worm of the genus <spn>Gordius</spn>, resembling a hair. See <er>Gordius</er>.</def>

<h1>Hairy</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hair"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.</def>

<blockquote>His mantle <b>hairy</b>, and his bonnet sedge. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Haitian</h1> <Xpage=664>