Definitions for the word "hair" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A haircloth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. From the human head. B these collectively (has long hair). 2 thing resembling a hair. 3 elongated cell growing from a plant. 4 very small quantity or extent (also attrib.: hair crack). get in a person''s hair colloq. Annoy a person. Keep one''s hair on colloq. Keep calm; not get angry. Let one''s hair down colloq. Enjoy oneself by abandoning restraint. Make one''s hair stand on end colloq. Horrify one. Not turn a hair remain unmoved or unaffected. hairless adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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