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Informal small unit of length
and fictitious numbers "Hair's breadth (hare's breath)". Grammarist. 10 February 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2015. Hairs breadth. Archived from the original
Hair's_breadth
Irish philanthropist (1850–1925)
Press Ltd. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-1-85635-407-3. "When Macroom came within a hairs breadth of being burned". Independent.ie. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 17 September
Olivia Charlotte Guinness, Baroness Ardilaun
Olivia_Charlotte_Guinness,_Baroness_Ardilaun
Yogic practice involving mudra, mantra and sadhana
clean blade resembling a leaf of the Snuhī plant and then cut away a hair's breadth [of the lingual frenulum] with it. After cutting, he should rub the
Khecarī_mudrā
cite him in such expressions "By the luck of Sors", or "Lived by a hairs breadth of Sors".[citation needed] Sors is also a popular name in poker, as
Sors
French chemist
Pierre Jean Robiquet (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbikɛ]; 13 January 1780 – 29 April 1840) was a French chemist. He laid founding work in identifying
Pierre_Jean_Robiquet
Scottish hard rock band
the early 1970s. The breadth of their popularity expanded internationally, including in the United States, with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which featured
Nazareth_(band)
Topics referred to by the same term
and after puberty. Bristle, a stiff hair or feather Fur, hair that covers the skin of many animals Hair's breadth, an informal unit of very short length
Hair_(disambiguation)
English comedian
London. Dessau, Bruce (17 January 2008). "Cult stardom could be a hair's breadth away". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010
Paul_Foot_(comedian)
Japanese manga series
(くもり空, Kumori sora) 163. "The Red Bullet" (赤い弾丸, Akai dangan) 164. "Hair's-Breadth Battle" (僅差の攻防, Kinsa no kōbō) 165. "Attack the Jumping Spot" (ジャンピングスポットを攻めろ
MF_Ghost
Multi-barrel repeating firearm, 1860s-1910s
with thrilling narratives of captures, imprisonment, massacres, and hair-breadth escapes of white settlers, etc. Fisher - University of Toronto. Toronto :
Gatling_gun
1871 painting by James McNeill Whistler
of the Royal Academy of Art in London (1872), after coming within a hair's breadth of rejection by the academy. This episode worsened the rift between
Whistler's_Mother
Crime, unlawful taking of personal property
must move it from its original position. The slightest movement, a hair's breadth, is sufficient. However, the entirety of the property must be moved
Larceny
Unit of length
United Kingdom, and the United States. It was originally based on the breadth of a human hand. The adoption of the international inch in 1959 allowed
Hand_(unit)
1956 British film by Edmond T. Gréville
Reeves as Colonel Wright The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The hero's hair-breadth escapes and surprising adventures rival any serial in exuberance; it
Guilty?_(1956_film)
Japanese anime television series
colors". Seto Kaiba has green hair in this show, although the sequel film associated with this series uses brown hair for Kaiba. Donohoo, Timothy (November
Yu-Gi-Oh!_(1998_TV_series)
Nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll
towards 'fuming', you will say 'fuming-furious'; if they turn, by even a hair's breadth, towards 'furious', you will say 'furious-fuming'; but if you have the
Jabberwocky
Television series
purposes. After engaging and defeating the villains, Daniel comes within a hair's breadth of retrieving the shrine, only to have it escape from his grasp by random
The_Karate_Kid_(TV_series)
American journalist and ghostwriter (born 1964)
from Saguaro High School in Scottsdale in 1982 and "graduated by a hair's breadth" from Yale University in 1986. His mother died in August 2019. He began
J._R._Moehringer
Natchitoches, and thence across Texas to San Antonio; including many hair-breadth escapes; together with a topographical, historical, and political view
List of fake memoirs and journals
List_of_fake_memoirs_and_journals
Phrase from the Bible
English Wikisource has original text related to this article: Job 19:19 Hair's breadth "The meaning and origin of the expression: By the skin of your teeth"
Skin_of_my_teeth
1847 United Kingdom Act of Parliament
an anonymous contemporary American commentator "Without swerving a hair's breadth from"( their declared principles) "they would by their mere negative
Factories_Act_1847
Territory inhabited by the Philistines in Canaan
not only conquer the land and give it their name but come within a hair's breadth of defeating the Egyptian pharaoh himself. Not surprisingly, for the
Philistia
Title
differences are of decisive importance for "winning or losing by a hair's breadth". It is here that chance plays a role, with Caillois noting that "a
Superstar
Military head protection
Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 247–248. "A Hair's Breadth From Death" Video about a WWII american helmet that may have saved its
Combat_helmet
Forensic metrology Smart Metrology Time metrology Quantum metrology Hair's breadth Hindu units of time History of measurement List of humorous units of
List of obsolete units of measurement
List_of_obsolete_units_of_measurement
American abolitionist, writer, businessman
Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
William_Still
American brain injury survivor (1823–1860)
nieces with the most fabulous recitals of his wonderful feats and hair-breadth escapes, without any foundation except in his fancy. He conceived
Phineas_Gage
Symbolic gestures in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism
back in this way, the Khecharividya exhorts the yogi to make a cut a hair's breadth deep in the frenulum of the tongue once a week. Six months of this treatment
Mudra
Public pathway in Essex, England
the sands all their lives have there yielded up their breath, and many hair-breadth escapes are recorded". Benton recorded the deaths of, amongst others
The_Broomway
Physical development scale of children, adolescents, and adults
and darkens; penis further increases in length and starts to increase in breadth Tanner V testicular volume at least 20 ml; adult scrotum and penis Tanner
Tanner_scale
Potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid
region in the 2029 approach distance is about ±3.3 km. The distance, a hair's breadth in astronomical terms, is five times the radius of the Earth, one tenth
99942_Apophis
Japanese TV series
and he finally gets over it during the big race. 22 "The Mach 5, a Hair's Breadth from Danger (Part 1)" / "Mach 5 vs. Mach 5: Part 1" Transliteration:
List_of_Speed_Racer_episodes
American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)
contemporary rock and roll and bordering on the eccentric, within a hair's breadth of being weird. Peter Watrous, writing for the New York Times, declared
Roy_Orbison
Total absence of sound
Armstrong's recording of Struttin' with Some Barbecue (1928) and the hair's-breadth pause at the end of pianist Bill Evans' solo on Miles Davis' recording
Silence
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
forward with the greatest confidence, that complete success was but a hair's breadth away, when treachery, accident, or even fate, as they sometimes call
Battle_of_Waterloo
Network for fugitive slaves in 19th-century U.S.
Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
Underground_Railroad
American speaker and activist sisters
of my bone, and flesh of my flesh") – a companion and equal, not one hair's breadth beneath him in the majesty and glory of her moral being; not placed
Grimké_sisters
1992 mass shooting in Switzerland
[Rivera massacre, 20 years later: The memories of those who came within a hair's breadth of death]. tio/20 Minuti (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2023. "Swiss
Rivera_massacre
Malagasy ethnic group in Madagascar
Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1. Wilson, Peter J. (1992). Freedom by a Hair's Breadth: Tsimihety in Madagascar. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-10389-8
Tsimihety_people
American television sitcom (1998–2001)
that every Saturday morning teen comedy featured, though only "by a hair's breadth". Li praised the acting of Brandon Baker, Alisa Reyes and Michelle Krusiec
One_World_(TV_series)
British crime couple
argument that her guilt stopped short of wilful murder if only by a hair's breadth was a broad abyss separating the will from the deed. One last word.
Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters
Edith_Thompson_and_Frederick_Bywaters
Ancient people who inhabited Canaan's southern coast
not only conquer the land and give it their name but come within a hair's breadth of defeating the Egyptian pharaoh himself. Not surprisingly, for the
Philistines
1872 book by William Still
facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom
The Underground Railroad (Still)
The_Underground_Railroad_(Still)
2006-2017 musical based on 1998 film of same name
these performers' game efforts, most of their characters feel only a hair's breadth away from the posse of celebrity impersonators (dressed up as Billy
The_Wedding_Singer_(musical)
Russian opposition leader and activist (1976–2024)
conducted if none of the candidates receives at least 50% of votes) was "a hair's breadth away". The largest sociological research organisations predicted that
Alexei_Navalny
stand-by, is taking a nap, although he manages to evade the missile by a hair's breadth. With Joe's guidance, they store the stolen gold bars in the God Phoenix's
List of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman episodes
List_of_Science_Ninja_Team_Gatchaman_episodes
怖〜い女!!変身できない) Toshiki Inoue July 11, 1998 (1998-07-11) 16 "Turnabout by a Hair's Breadth – The White-Robed Crisis" Transliteration: "Ippatsu Gyakuten – Hakui
List_of_Yu-Gi-Oh!_episodes
Children's animated series
into practical jokers. 24 24 "By a Hair's Breadth" March 24, 2001 (2001-03-24) Tyrannia and Bubonic make everyone's hair grow everywhere on their body except
Wunschpunsch
2009 Indian Tamil drama thriller film by A. Lakshmikanthan
girlfriend, Pooja. As Mani chases Pooja, she gets saved by Gautham by a hair's breadth. Gautham lets Pooja escape, and he attacks Mani. They have a dirty car
TN_07_AL_4777
Character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
secretary) and theft from the city treasury and once again comes within a hair's breadth from being deposed. He is arrested by his own Commander of the Watch
Lord_Vetinari
1908 novel by Gaston Leroux
Colin. No, no. Very nearly so, perhaps, but no not quite. There is the hair's breadth of difference. No. All through there is truth, concealed with a careful
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room
French one-day cycling race, one of the five monuments
to open the road for the competitors. In 1900, the race was within a hair's breadth of disappearing, with only 19 riders at the start. The following year
Paris–Roubaix
Dutch States Army officer (1644–1703)
ashamed of the situation and wrote to his father: "We have come within a hair’s breadth of losing in three weeks the country our forefathers fought eighty years
Godert de Ginkel, 1st Earl of Athlone
Godert_de_Ginkel,_1st_Earl_of_Athlone
Wife of Safavid shah Mohammad Khodabanda (died 1579)
despised his attempts to appease the gizilbash; she would not swerve a hair’s breadth, she said, from the line of conduct she had followed so far. When they
Khayr_al-Nisa_Begum
Idiom for a small unit of length
(10 nanometres), as does Nordling and Österman's Physics Handbook. Hair's breadth Indefinite and fictitious numbers List of humorous units of measurement
Muggeseggele
Symbol of the Olympic Games
Retrieved 26 October 2020. Hair, Jonathan (14 September 2020). "How the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening ceremony came within a 'hair's breadth' of disaster". ABC
Olympic_flame
Martial art style
avoid being struck, deliver an effective final strike and stop within hair's breadth of contact. The usage of bokken in Aikido is different from doing Iaido
Nishio_style_Aikido
2019 song by Taylor Swift
stylistically inspired by synthwave. Cram wrote that the track was "just a hair's breadth away from being fully classifiable as a synthwave song, or more specifically
The_Archer_(song)
Boxer from Nottingham, England
whenever within striking distance ... on one occasion missing by a hairs breadth, the blow landing on Caunt's brawny shoulder ..." Bells Life wrote that
William_Thompson_(boxer)
2012 Irish TV series or programme
Finn, Melanie (2 September 2011). "How Kathryn won Voice gig by a hair's breadth". Evening Herald. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2 September 2011
The_Voice_of_Ireland
25 September 2020. Hair, Jonathan (14 September 2020). "How the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening ceremony came within a 'hair's breadth' of disaster". ABC
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
2000_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony
2005 studio album by Autechre
that blend of soft tissue and steel that much electronica misses by a hair's breadth". Darryl Sterdan of The Winnipeg Sun noted there was "occasionally the
Untilted
1980 (1980-07-14) 144 41 "Fujiko's Close Call Rescue Operation" / "Hair breadth rescue operation for Fujiko" Transliteration: "Fujiko Kikiippatsu Kyuushutsu
List of Lupin the 3rd Part II episodes
List_of_Lupin_the_3rd_Part_II_episodes
10th-century King of Norway and Northumbria
and Wulfstan were besieged by Edmund and managed to escape only by a hair's breadth. Peace negotiations followed later that year to the effect that Edmund
Eric_Bloodaxe
76th season of the Football League
time, ultimately costing them the title. Liverpool also came within a hair's breadth of the title, with a 1-0 loss at Middlesbrough in the penultimate game
1974–75_Football_League
parties with the antigravitational missile. A nuclear war is averted by a hair's breadth. 13 "Youthful G-2" Transliteration: "Seishun no G2 gō" (Japanese: 青春のG2号)
List_of_Gatchaman_II_episodes
American pioneer (1815–1888)
they shouted and yelled when I related some of my old 'bar' stories and hair-breadth escapes, and played on that fiddle made out of the skull bones. That
Seth_Kinman
Physical transition from a child to an adult
labia. The first few hairs are described as Tanner stage 2. Stage 3 is usually reached within another 6–12 months, when the hairs are too numerous to count
Puberty
Bilateral relations between Israel and Pakistan
Israeli-led operation bringing India, Pakistan and Israel to within a hair's breadth of a nuclear conflagration".[page needed] Israel's plan met with disapproval
Israel–Pakistan_relations
September 5th, 2015, this episode was listed under the title "By a Hair's Breadth". The video's title was corrected around April of 2023, although the
List_of_Code_Lyoko_episodes
Series by Connie Willis
historians (time-traveling research staff) at Oxford University are a hair's breadth away from revolting. Mr. Dunworthy keeps changing their assignments
Blackout/All_Clear
Vaudeville performer
Peter not being able to distinguish them from French militia and his "hair-breadth escapes from the French soldiers in Africa whose week-ends are spent
Peter_(chimpanzee)
German cinematographer
Tanzania, he survived the attack of a charging elephant only by a hair's breadth. His many award-winning nature documentaries for Survival included Gorilla
Götz_Dieter_Plage
1981 studio album by Dick Gaughan
good at folk guitar that it almost becomes avant-garde. He's within a hair's breadth of someone like Thurston Moore or Jim O'Rourke suddenly declaring him
Handful_of_Earth
Period in the history of Venezuela
of recent moves that have placed Mr Chávez's elected regime within a hair's breadth of dictatorship. ... Now, opinion polls are showing unprecedented levels
History of Venezuela (1999–present)
History_of_Venezuela_(1999–present)
1993 single by Jam & Spoon
the "disposable Euro-pap" of 'Right in the Night' "measures up a mere hair's breadth away from Culture Beat." James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance
Right_in_the_Night
Golfing video game series
contending that "many prefer EA's PGA series, but Links takes the title by a hair's breadth. With real life courses, and enough stats, sliders, and options to choke
Links_(series)
1972 Indian film
never countenance anything evil. Shyam had different ideas, his many hair-breadth escapes after doing evil had convinced him that his `Yaar would countenance
Yaar_Mera
Irish politician (1920–1987)
country. Until we rout the Jews out of this country it does not matter a hair's breadth what orders you make. Where the bees are there is the honey, and where
Oliver_J._Flanagan
Body part
runs the length of the back and creates a central area of recession. The breadth of the back is created by the shoulders at the top and the pelvis at the
Human_back
Ikō") 487. "A Warrior's Break" (戦士の休息 "Senshi no Kyūsoku") 488. "A Hair's Breadth" (間一髪 "Kanippatsu") Trueno AE86 vs Roadster NB8C, Takumi handles avoiding
List_of_Initial_D_chapters
Founder of the Linji school of Chan Buddhism (died 866)
skandhas there is a true man with no-rank, always present, not even a hair's breadth away. Why don't you recognize him?" Then, a monk asked: "What is this
Linji_Yixuan
First weekly Torah portion
and the lower waters. Rav Aha bar Jacob said that the distance was a hair's breadth. The Rabbis said that the distance was like that between the planks
Bereshit_(parashah)
Polish television channel
Polish driver 1 Nauka jazdy Driving Course 1 2 3 4 O Mały Włos By a Hair's Breadth 1 Odezwiemy się We get back 1 Ostatnia Szansa Last Chance 1 Ostre cięcie
TTV_(Poland)
near the observatory. Bootsvorz, who had escaped the predicament by a hair's breadth with Asurada, crashed his own machine into the helicopter. The helicopter
List of Future GPX Cyber Formula episodes
List_of_Future_GPX_Cyber_Formula_episodes
Instance of civil unrest
Lips of the Sufferers of the Late Detroit Riot, March 6, 1863, With the Hair Breadth Escapes of Men, Women and Children, and Destruction of Colored Men's
Detroit_race_riot_of_1863
1946 referendum in Greece on maintaining the monarchy; passed
heavily outnumbered and outgunned government forces and came within a hair's breadth of success. Churchill moved quickly to transfer two British divisions
1946_Greek_referendum
1963 film
Hare-Breadth Hurry is a 1963 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble. The cartoon was released on June 8, 1963, and
Hare-Breadth_Hurry
Archbishop and writer from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Bandini, which promised that from then on he would not stray "even a hair's breadth" from the Catholic faith. On July 10, 1627, Greek Catholic Archbishop
Meletius_Smotrytsky
2nd century tanna
is destined for his neighbor; and no government infringes even by a hair's breadth upon the time marked for another government". Following Hillel, Akiva
Simeon_ben_Azzai
Romanian communist activist and politician (1896–1940)
reported by communist militant and period witness Pál Veress, "only a hair's breadth separated [them] from being executed by Antonescu's firing squad". Béla
Béla_Breiner
Rugby player
Béziers sur le fil !" [US Carcassonne win the derby against Béziers by a hair's breadth!]. Le Petit Journal (in French). 12 September 2022. Retrieved 4 April
Connor_Sa
1949 American animated Looney Tunes comedy
Long-Haired Hare is a 1949 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons
Long-Haired_Hare
by which it may be judged. The global diversity of breeds reflects the breadth of the rabbit's unique qualities. Listed below are 191 of the world's modern-day
List_of_rabbit_breeds
Genus of bees
to tan hair, and their wings have either two or three submarginal cells[clarification needed]. They carry pollen mainly on femoral scopal hairs, but many
Andrena
Brazilian bill
wallows in the mire of hatred. And the fact is that hate crimes are a hair's breadth away from violent crimes." For Senator Eduardo Suplicy (PT-SP), the
Brazilian Congressional Bill No. 122
Brazilian_Congressional_Bill_No._122
2010 music video game
Globe and Mail said that with the release of Rock Band 3 "we are just a hair's breadth away from moving beyond make believe" while the New York Times's Seth
Rock_Band_3
American writer (1855–1927)
E. Tupper, a railroad agent. Her novels include the mysteries By a Hair's Breadth (1889) and By Whose Hand? (1889) and the historical novel Hearts Triumphant
Edith_Sessions_Tupper
Political party in the 19th century United States
defeat, and John Greenleaf Whittier wrote that Sewall "came within a hair's breadth of being governor." The 1842 campaign in Massachusetts raised significant
Liberty Party (United States, 1840)
Liberty_Party_(United_States,_1840)
American musician and producer (born 1987)
goes from T. Rex style glam rock, to Bob Dylan-esque country rock, to the breadth and social commentary of Pink Floyd, to hardcore punk, to a jam band sound
Ty_Segall
HAIRS BREADTH
HAIRS BREADTH
Girl/Female
Biblical
Gates, valuation, hairs.
Girl/Female
Indian
Beautiful Hairs
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Vigilant guardian
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Haynes.Two brothers of this name were captured in New England by the French; one was married at Ange-Gardien, Quebec, in 1710.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Hailes.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Gates, hairs, tempests.
Biblical
gates; valuation; hairs
Boy/Male
Latin
Hairy.
Boy/Male
Indian
Ploughman, Cultivator, Friend
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Latin, Polish, Romanian, Slavic
Hairy; Head of Hair; Long-haired
Boy/Male
Latin
Hairy.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Christian, Greek, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi, Tamil
Protector; Farmer; Watchman; Vigilant Guardian
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Swedish
Form of Cesar; Long Haired; Hairy; Hirsute; Head of Hair; Full of Hair Head
Surname or Lastname
Scottish spelling of Irish Hare.English
Scottish spelling of Irish Hare.English : nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the hair, from Middle English here ‘hair’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
With Beautiful Hairs
Boy/Male
Tamil
Charukesh | சாரூகேஷ Â
With beautiful hairs
Charukesh | சாரூகேஷ Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Vigilant. Watchman.
Boy/Male
Latin
Hairy.
Biblical
gates; hairs; tempests
Boy/Male
Muslim
Ploughman, Cultivator, Friend
HAIRS BREADTH
HAIRS BREADTH
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Glowing Flower; Name of a Beautiful Flower
Boy/Male
Teutonic German
Intelligent.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English
Free Man
Boy/Male
Muslim
Servant of the forbearing one, Servant of the patient one
Boy/Male
English American Teutonic
Settlement on a hill, or from the headland estate. From an Old English surname and place name.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Prosperity
Boy/Male
Hindu
The son of evening
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sikh
Fearless
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : variant spelling of Medlin.
Boy/Male
Australian, Teutonic
Lucky in War
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a.
Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.
a.
Bearing hair; hairy.
a.
Having hair; hairy.
a.
Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
a.
Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
n.
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
a.
Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
n.
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 (Nuphar).
a.
Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
n.
A hair of a horse, especially one from the mane or tail; the hairs of the mane or tail taken collectively; a fabric or tuft made of such hairs.
v. t.
To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.
n.
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.
a.
In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.
a.
Having soft hairs; downy.
a.
Resembling hairs or down.
a.
Consisting of, or covered with, hair; hairy; pilose.
a.
Having much hair; hairy.
a.
Beset with hairs.
a.
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
n.
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.