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Hairbreadth
Pronunciation : Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: 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
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Hair"breadth`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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