Definition of Horsehairs

1. Noun. (plural of horsehair) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Horsehairs

1. horsehair [n] - See also: horsehair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsehairs

horsedrawn
horsefeathers
horsefeet
horsefish
horsefishes
horseflesh
horsefleshes
horseflies
horsefly
horsefly weed
horsefoot
horsehair
horsehair lichen
horsehair wig
horsehairs (current term)
horsehead
horseheads
horseheal
horseherd
horseherds
horsehide
horsehides
horsehood
horseknop
horseknops
horselaugh
horselaughs
horselaughter
horseleech

Literary usage of Horsehairs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal and Plant Lore: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking by Fanny Dickerson Bergen (1899)
"horsehairs are popularly believed to "turn into snakes" when placed in ... In order to have horsehairs turn into snakes in water, rainwater must be used. ..."

2. An Outline of Progressive Lessons in Composition, Language and Spelling for by Anna M. Wiebalk (1912)
"They pick up strings and horsehairs. And some birds use mud. ... Others find horsehairs. Some pick off the soft down that grows on plants. ..."

3. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1905)
"A thermometer which depends upon pieces of brown paper and a few horsehairs, instead of mercury or spirits, for its action, is certainly a curiosity, ..."

4. The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North by James Baldwin (1912)
"Then out into the fields he went, searching in the thickets and among the briars. Soon he found five horsehairs which the wild steeds of Pohy- ola had lost ..."

5. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... and look mnch like thick horsehairs. Sometimes a number are found in a tangled mass, a feature which suggested the name of the typical genus. ..."

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