hairs (noun)
1hairs|breadth — hair s breadth or hairs|breadth «HAIRZ BREHDTH, BREHTTH», adjective, noun. –adj. = hairbreadth. (Cf. ↑hairbreadth) –n. a very small space or distance: »Our team was within a hair s breadth of winning …
2short hairs — noun Pubic hair. See Also: have someone by the short hairs …
3stadia hairs — noun plural or stadia wires : horizontal cross hairs (as in a theodolite) equidistant from the central horizontal cross hair …
4split hairs — 1. noun Tedious details; minutiae. The Microsoft trial had been in danger of slipping out of the public eye. Its endless procession of less than riveting economics professors and forgetful executives, mixed with scads of legal and technical split …
5short hairs — /ʃɔt ˈhɛəz/ (say shawt hairz) Colloquial –plural noun 1. pubic hair. –phrase 2. have by the short hairs, to have at one s mercy. Also, short and curlies …
6cross hairs — 1. Also called cross wires. fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight. 2. marks for aiding in the positioning of… …
7cross hairs — plural noun a pair of fine wires crossing at right angles at the focus of an optical instrument or gunsight …
8powder puff — noun 1. : a small fluffy pad or other device for applying cosmetic powder 2. or powder puff cactus : a globose cactus (Mammillaria bocasana) with yellowish white flowers and radial spines represented by long white silky hairs * * * noun, pl ⋯… …
9guard hair — noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals • Hypernyms: ↑hair • Part Holonyms: ↑fur * * * noun : any of the long coarse hairs forming a protective coating over the underfur of a furred mammal; also : the …
10ice plant — noun Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice • Syn: ↑icicle plant, ↑Mesembryanthemum crystallinum • Hypernyms: ↑fig marigold, ↑pebble plant * * * I. noun …
