See Also: Hair analysis (hair element analysis, hair mineral analysis, hair-shaft analysis)(health)
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hair(1) (iou) and affright(2) (iou)


hair(1) (iou)



hair noun.

I.
Any of the numerous fine flexible keratinized filaments that grow from beneath the skin of a mammal, esp. from the head of a person; any fine filament growing from the integument of an animal. OE.
J. Wilson And would not hurt a hair upon his head.
(collect. & (arch.) in pl.) All such filaments growing on an animal; spec. those growing on the head of a person. Also, hairs in a mass, as used in manufacture etc. OE.
T. Morrison His eyes were so wild, his hair so long and matted.
b. fig. Something radiating, spreading, or trailing in the manner of hair, as the rays of the sun, the foliage of a tree, etc. L16.
A very small degree or quantity; the slightest thing; a jot, an iota. ME.
T. Keneally Anyone who has loaded weapons is only a hair away from savagery.
The distinctive type of something; sort, kind; stamp, character. LME-E17.
transf. Something resembling (a) hair in shape, appearance, or consistency. LME.
A fine elongated or filamentous plant structure, as a stamen or leaf-fibre; spec. in Botany, any elongated outgrowth from the epidermis, as a root hair. L16.
II.
Cloth made of hair, haircloth; esp. a hair shirt worn next to the skin by ascetics and penitents. OE.
Phrases: against the hair contrary to the natural lie of an animal's hair; fig. contrary to inclination. a hair in one's neck rare a cause of trouble or annoyance. curl a person's hair: see CURL verb. get by the short hairs: see SHORT adjective. hair of the dog (that bit one) an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover, so called because it is a cure consisting of a small amount of the cause. hang by a hair: see HANG verb. have by the short hairs: see SHORT adjective. head of hair: see HEAD noun. in one's hair (a) (now rare) with the hair down; bareheaded; (b) fig. encumbering, persistently annoying, in one's way. keep one's hair on slang remain calm. let one's hair down (a) release one's hair from a style where it is secured against the head or tied back; (b) fig. (colloq.) cease to be formal, behave unconventionally or unrestrainedly. lose one's hair lose one's temper. make a person's hair curl: see CURL verb. neither hide nor hair: see HIDE noun1. not turn a hair show no sign of discomposure or exhaustion. out of one's hair not encumbering, out of one's way. put up one's hair arrange one's hair in a style where it is secured against the head, formerly a sign of the transition from girlhood to womanhood. split hairs make overfine distinctions. tear one's hair: see TEAR verb1. to a hair exactly.
Comb.: hair bag (a) a bag made of hair; (b) a bag for keeping hair in; hair-ball a ball of hair which collects esp. in the stomach of various animals; hairband a band for securing the hair; hairbreadth noun & adjective = hair's breadth, hair's-breadth below; hairbrush (a) a brush for smoothing and styling the hair; (b) a kind of hand-grenade; hair-cell Anatomy any of the ciliated vibration-sensitive cells of the inner ear and (in fish etc.) the lateral-line system; hair clip a clip, often ornamental, for securing the hair; haircloth (a) a cloth or fabric of hair used for making tents, towels, shirts, etc., or in drying malt, hops, etc.; (b) an article made of this fabric; hair-cord (a) a finely striped fabric resembling hair in appearance; (b) a cord made of human hair; hair crack a hairline crack; haircut an act of cutting the hair; the shape or style into which the hair is cut; hairdo colloq. the process of styling the hair; a particular way in which the hair is styled; hairdress (a) a way of dressing the hair; (b) a head-dress; hairdresser a person whose occupation is the cutting or styling of hair; hairdressing (a) the action, process, or occupation of cutting or styling the hair; (b) a liquid preparation for the hair; hair-drier an electrical device for drying the hair by blowing warm air over it; hair follicle: see FOLLICLE noun 1; hair-grass (a) any of various slender grasses, esp. of the northern temperate genera Aira and Deschampsia; (b) any of several thin-leaved aquatic plants used in aquaria, esp. of the genus Eleocharis (family Cyperaceae); hairgrip a grip for securing the hair, esp. one similar to a hairpin but with the ends close together; hair lace (now rare) a tie or net for securing the hair; hair lacquer: for holding the hair in place; hair-lock a lock of hair on or from the head; hair mattress: stuffed with hair; hair moss: of the genus Polytrichum; esp. P. commune, a large moss of damp or acid soils, with a hairy calyptra; hairnet a fine net for keeping the hair in place; hair oil cosmetic oil for dressing the hair; hairpiece a piece of false hair used to augment a person's natural hair; hair-point the fine tip of some moss leaves; hair-powder Hist. a scented powder for sprinkling on the hair or a wig; hair-raising adjective fearsome, horrifying, exciting, esp. so as to make the hair stand on end; hair-restorer a substance used to promote the growth of esp. receding or thinning hair; hair's breadth the breadth of a hair; a minute distance; hair's-breadth adjective extremely narrow or close; hair seal a seal without a thick fur undercoat; (cf. fur-seal s.v. FUR noun1); hair shirt a shirt made of haircloth, worn by penitents or ascetics; hair-shirt adjective austere, harsh, self-sacrificing; hair-sieve (now rare) a sieve which has a base made of finely woven hair; hair-slide: see SLIDE noun 6; hair-space Typography a very thin space between letters or words; hair-splitter a person who splits hairs; hair-splitting verbal noun & ppl adjective making overfine distinctions; hairspray spray-on hair lacquer; hairspring a fine spring which regulates the balance-wheel in a watch; hairstreak any of various lycaenid butterflies belonging to the genus Thecla and related genera, having fringed wings often with pale markings like streaks (white-letter hairstreak: see WHITE adjective); hair-stroke a very fine stroke made in Writing or drawing; hairstyle a particular way of dressing the hair; hairstylist a person who advises on and creates hairstyles for individual people; hair-trigger a secondary trigger in a firearm which releases the main trigger by very slight pressure; hair-triggered adjective having a hair-trigger. hair-worm any of various long slender worms, esp. one whose larva is parasitic; spec. an aquatic worm of the class (or phylum) Nematomorpha (also called horsehair worm), whose larvae are parasites of arthropods, esp. one of the common freshwater species Gordius aquaticus.
hairlike adjective resembling hair; finely drawn-out like hair: M17.

affright(2) (iou)



affright ppl adjective. Long arch. rare.
[Old English afyrhted pa. pple: see A-1, FRIGHT verb, -ED1. Cf. AFFRIGHT verb.]
Frightened.