Hairsbreadth

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hair's-breadth
       n : a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a
           hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
           [syn: {hairsbreadth}, {hair}, {whisker}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hairsbreadth
       n : a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a
           hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
           [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hair}, {whisker}]