hair : Idioms & Phrases


Against the hair

  • in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. Obs. "You go against the hair of your professions." Shak.
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body hair

  • noun short hair growing over a person's body
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Bulb of a hair

  • the "root," or part whence the hair originates.
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camel's hair

  • noun a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel
    camelhair.
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Camel's-hair pencil

  • a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials.
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Camel's-hair shawl

  • . A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.
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cross hair

  • noun either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration
    cross wire.
    • he had the target in his cross hairs
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crotch hair

  • noun hair growing in the pubic area
    bush; crotch hair.
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Curled hair

  • (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes.
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facial hair

  • noun hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
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false hair

  • noun a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
    hairpiece; postiche.
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Golden hair

  • (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
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guard hair

  • noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals
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hair ball

  • noun a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)
    hairball; trichobezoar.
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Hair bracket

  • (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
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hair care

  • noun care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair
    hairdressing; haircare.
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hair cell

  • noun a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti
    hair cell.
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Hair cells

  • noun a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti
    hair cell.
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  • (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
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hair coloring

  • noun a dye or tint for the hair
    hair coloring.
  • noun coloring of the hair
    • her hair-coloring was unusual: a very pale gold
  • noun the act of dyeing or tinting one's hair
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Hair compass, Hair divider

  • a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
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hair curler

  • noun a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
    curler; crimper; roller.
    • a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
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hair drier

  • noun a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
    hair drier; hand blower; blow dryer; blow drier.
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hair dryer

  • noun a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
    hair drier; hand blower; blow dryer; blow drier.
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hair dye

  • noun a dye or tint for the hair
    hair coloring.
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hair follicle

  • noun a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair; small muscles and sebaceous glands are associated with them
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hair gel

  • noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
    hair gel; mousse.
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Hair glove

  • a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
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hair grass

  • noun fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
    Eleocharis acicularis; needle spike rush; needle rush; slender spike rush.
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Hair" grass`
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  1. (Bot.) A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.
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hair grease

  • noun a toiletry for the hair
    hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
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Hair lace

  • a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift.
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Hair line

  • a line made of hair; a very slender line.
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Hair moth

  • (Zoöl.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.
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hair mousse

  • noun toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
    hair gel; mousse.
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hair of the dog

  • noun an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover
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hair oil

  • noun a toiletry for the hair
    hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
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Hair pencil

  • a brush or fine hair, for painting; generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
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Hair plate

  • an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire.
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Hair powder

  • a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs.
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Hair seal

  • noun any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
    earless seal; true seal.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
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Hair seating

  • haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
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Hair shirt

  • noun an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
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  • a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance.
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Hair sieve

  • a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
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hair slide

  • noun a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
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Hair snake

  • . See Gordius.
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Hair space

  • noun (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters
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  • (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type.
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hair spray

  • noun toiletry consisting of a commercial preparation that is sprayed on the hair to hold it in place
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Hair stroke

  • noun a very fine line in writing or printing
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  • a delicate stroke in writing.
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hair style

  • noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    hairdo; hairstyle; coif; coiffure.
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hair tonic

  • noun a toiletry for the hair
    hair grease; hair oil; hairdressing.
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Hair trigger

  • noun a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
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  • a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow.
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hair's-breadth

  • noun a very small distance or space
    hair; whisker; hairsbreadth.
    • they escaped by a hair's-breadth
    • they lost the election by a whisker
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hair-brown

Hair"-brown` adjective
Definitions
  1. Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
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hair-raiser

  • noun excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones
    chiller.
    • the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser
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hair-raising

  • adjective satellite extremely alarming
    nightmarish; bloodcurdling.
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hair-salt

Hair"-salt` noun
Etymology
A translation of G. haarsalz.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
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hair-shirt

  • adjective self-sacrificing or austere
    hair-shirt.
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hair-shirted

  • adjective self-sacrificing or austere
    hair-shirt.
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hair-tailed mole

  • noun mole of eastern North America
    Parascalops breweri; brewer's mole.
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hang by a hair

  • verb depend on a small thing or be at risk
    hang by a thread.
    • His life now hangs by a thread
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head of hair

  • noun growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
    mane.
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ingrown hair

  • noun a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
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lady's hair

La"dy's hair"
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  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.
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Lank hair

  • long, thin hair.
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maid's hair

Maid's" hair`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum).
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Not worth a hair

  • of no value.
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pubic hair

  • noun hair growing in the pubic area
    bush; crotch hair.
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Root hair

  • noun thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil
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  • (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes. Gray.
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sable's hair pencil

  • noun an artist's brush made of sable hairs
    sable brush; sable.
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Salamander's hairwool

  • (Min.), a species of asbestus or mineral flax. Obs. Bacon.
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sensory hair

  • noun a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
    whisker; vibrissa.
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stinging hair

  • noun a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
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To a hair

  • with the nicest distinction.
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To split hairs

  • to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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venus'-hair fern

  • noun delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan
    Venushair; Adiantum capillus-veneris; Venus maidenhair; common maidenhair; southern maidenhair.
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Venus's hair

  • (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) having a slender, black and shining stem and branches.
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Venus's hair stone

  • (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile.
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