HAIRBREADTHS

Noun

hairbreadths

plural of hairbreadth

Anagrams

• hair's breadth, hairsbreadth

Source: Wiktionary


HAIRBREADTH

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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