Hair
[heə] or [hɛr]
Definition
(noun.) a filamentous projection or process on an organism.
(noun.) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; 'there is a hair in my soup'.
(noun.) a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; 'he combed his hair'; 'each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells'.
(noun.) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; 'peach fuzz'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
(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.
(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).
(n.) A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
(n.) A haircloth.
(n.) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Editor: Mamie
Definition
n. a filament growing from the skin of an animal: the whole mass of hairs which forms a covering for the head or the whole body: (bot.) minute hair-like processes on the cuticle of plants: anything very small and fine: particular course quality or character: (mech.) a locking spring or other safety contrivance in the lock of a rifle &c. capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.—ns. Hair′breadth Hair's′-breadth the breadth of a hair (Hairbreadth 'scape a very narrow escape): a very small distance; Hair′-brush a brush for the hair; Hair′cloth cloth made partly or entirely of hair; Hair′dresser one who dresses or cuts hair: a barber.—adj. Haired having hair—as black-haired fair-haired &c.—ns. Hair′-grass a kind of grass found generally on poor soil the bracts of whose florets are generally awned near the base; Hair′iness.—adj. Hair′less without hair.—ns. Hair′-line a line made of hair used in fishing: a slender line made in writing or drawing: (print.) a very thin line on a type; Hair′-oil perfumed oil used in dressing the hair; Hair′-pen′cil an artist's brush made of a few fine hairs; Hair′-pin a pin used in hairdressing; Hair′-pow′der a white powder for dusting the hair; Hair′-shirt a penitent's shirt of haircloth; Hair′-space the thinnest metal space used by compositors; Hair′-split′ter one who makes too nice distinctions; Hair′-split′ting the art of making minute and over-nice distinctions; Hair′spring a very fine hair-like spring coiled up within the balance-wheel of a watch; Hair′-stroke in writing a fine stroke with the pen: a hair-line; Hair′-trigg′er a trigger which discharges a gun or pistol by a hair-like spring; Hair′-work work done or something made with hair esp. human; Hair′worm a worm like a horse-hair which lives in the bodies of certain insects.—adj. Hair′y of or resembling hair: covered with hair.—Against the hair against the grain: contrary to what is natural; A hair of the dog that bit him a smaller dose of that which caused the trouble esp. used of the morning glass after a night's debauch—a homeopathic dose; Comb a person's hair the wrong way to irritate or provoke him; Keep one's hair on (slang) to keep cool; Make the hair stand on end to give the greatest astonishment or fright to another; Not to turn a hair not to be ruffled or disturbed; Put up the hair to dress the hair up on the head instead of wearing it hanging; Split hairs to make superfine distinctions; To a hair To the turn of a hair exactly with perfect nicety.
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If a woman dreams that she has beautiful hair and combs it, she will be careless in her personal affairs, and will lose advancement by neglecting mental application. For a man to dream that he is thinning his hair, foreshadows that he will become poor by his generosity, and suffer illness through mental worry. To see your hair turning gray, foretells death and contagion in the family of some relative or some friend. To see yourself covered with hair, omens indulgence in vices to such an extent as will debar you from the society of refined people. If a woman, she will resolve herself into a world of her own, claiming the right to act for her own pleasure regardless of moral codes If a man dreams that he has black, curling hair, he will deceive people through his pleasing address. He will very likely deceive the women who trust him. If a woman's hair seems black and curly, she will be threatened with seduction. If you dream of seeing a woman with golden hair, you will prove a fearless lover and be woman's true friend. To dream that your sweetheart has red hair, you will be denounced by the woman you love for unfaithfulness. Red hair usually suggests changes If you see brown hair, you will be unfortunate in choosing a career. If you see well kept and neatly combed hair, your fortune will improve. To dream you cut your hair close to the scalp, denotes that you will be generous to lavishness towards a friend. Frugality will be the fruits growing out therefrom. To see the hair growing out soft and luxuriant, signifies happiness and luxury. For a woman to compare a white hair with a black one, which she takes from her head, foretells that she will be likely to hesitate between two offers of seeming fortune, and unless she uses great care, will choose the one that will afford her loss or distress instead of pleasant fortune. To see tangled and unkempt hair, life will be a veritable burden, business will fall off, and the marriage yoke will be troublesome to carry. If a woman is unsuccessful in combing her hair, she will lose a worthy man's name by needless show of temper and disdain. For a young woman to dream of women with gray hair, denotes that they will come into her life as rivals in the affection of a male relative, or displace the love of her affianced. To dream of having your hair cut, denotes serious disappointments. For a woman to dream that her hair is falling out, and baldness is apparent, she will have to earn her own livelihood, as fortune has passed her by. For man or woman to dream that they have hair of snowy whiteness, denotes that they will enjoy a pleasing and fortunate journey through life. For a man to caress the hair of a woman, shows he will enjoy the love and confidence of some worthy woman who will trust him despite the world's condemnation. To see flowers in your hair, foretells troubles approaching which, when they come, will give you less fear than when viewed from a distance. For a woman to dream that her hair turns to white flowers, augurs that troubles of a various nature will confront her, and she does well if she strengthens her soul with patience, and endeavors to bear her trials with fortitude. To dream that a lock of your hair turns gray and falls out, is a sign of trouble and disappointment in your affairs. Sickness will cast gloom over bright expectations. To see one's hair turn perfectly white in one night, and the face seemingly young, foretells sudden calamity and deep grief. For a young woman to have this dream, signifies that she will lose her lover by a sudden sickness or accident. She will likely come to grief from some indiscretion on her part. She should be careful of her associates.
To dream that your hands are covered with hair like that of a beast, signifies you will intrigue against innocent people, and will find that you have alert enemies who are working to forestall your designs.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- Is that Fanny's hair? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- His handsome face was distorted with a spasm of despair, and his hands tore at his hair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- How could my hair have been locked in the drawer? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Happily Rosamond did not think of committing any desperate act: she plaited her fair hair as beautifully as usual, and kept herself proudly calm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He gnashed his teeth with rage, tore the hair from his head, and assailed with horrid imprecations the men who had been intrusted with the writ. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This was his answer, written, I suppose, in some pique: True you have given me many sweet kisses, and a lock of your beautiful hair. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- After a minute's silence, he looked down at Amy, who sat on the cricket at his feet, and said, with a caress of the shining hair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I want you to brush your hair all back straight, tomorrow, said Susan. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He put the tray with the breakfast and the letter on the dressing-table, before which Becky sat combing her yellow hair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They wore a good deal of hair, not very neatly turned up behind, and were rather untidy about the shoes and stockings. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And does my hair look very bad? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Birkin suddenly appeared in the doorway, in white pyjamas and wet hair, and a towel over his arm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Their eyes glittered through their tangle of hair, their naked nostrils were full of shadow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One night last summer he glared at me like Famine and Sword, and it made me feel so low that I didn't comb out my few hairs for two days. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Had Locke those two white moles with hairs on them? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was a brave man, but he had felt the short hairs bristle upon the nape of his neck when that uncanny cry rose upon the air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The hogs are first run through a great machine which takes all but a few stray hairs from them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was frost on the hairs of their muzzles and their breathing made plumes of frost in the air. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I've got more pounds to my name than you've hairs on your head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why should thy death bring down my grey hairs to the grave, till, in the bitterness of my heart, I curse God and die! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If he was left alive till I came, I'd grind his skull under the iron heel of my boot into as many grains as there are hairs upon his head. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The nose is provided with small hairs and a moist inner membrane which serve as filters in removing solid particles from the air, and in thus purifying it before its entrance into the lungs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They give themselves the hairs and hupstarts of ladies, and their wages is no better than you nor me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hairs, like feathers, are long and elaborately specialized scales. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They long made use of cordage twisted from cotton and other fibers, or formed from the inner bark of various trees and the roots of others, and from the hairs, skins and sinews of animals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- All the hairs on the heads of all human beings, which are supposed to be numberless, are only a small fraction of a duodecillion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Cursed, cursed be the fiend that brought misery on his grey hairs, and doomed him to waste in wretchedness! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- But even that might be overcome by time and patience, so as to let a few grey hairs show themselves in the hussy's head. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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