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HAIRBREADTH
Etymology
Noun
hairbreadth (plural hairbreadths)
the width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount
Measure Maddalena, and measure Minerva, and from forehead to chin, you won't find a hairbreadth of difference between them.
Source: Wiktionary
Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`, a.
Definition: The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16
Hair"breadth`, a.
Definition: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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