Meaning of HAIRBREADTH
| Pronunciation: | | 'hehr`bredth
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| | Definition: | | [n] a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost by a hair" |
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| | Synonyms: | | hair, hair's-breadth |
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| | See Also: | | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hair"breadth`\, Hair'sbreadth \Hair's"breadth`\
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.
Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth
escape.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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