Hairbreadth

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\ (-br[e^]dth), Hair's breadth
  \Hair's" breadth`\ (h[^a]rz"-).
     The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance;
     sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
     [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.]
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           Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not
           miss.                                    --Judg. xx.
                                                    16.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a.
     Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth
     escape.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "hairbreadth":
     ace, bit, bowshot, brief span, close quarters, close range,
     closeness, confinement, crack, crowdedness, earreach, earshot,
     gunshot, hair, hair space, hairsbreadth, incapaciousness, inch,
     incommodiousness, limitation, little, little ways, narrow gauge,
     narrowness, nearness, pistol shot, restrictedness, restriction,
     short distance, short piece, short way, slenderness, span,
     spitting distance, step, straitness, strictness, tight squeeze,
     tightness, whisker