Definition of Hairs

1. Noun. (plural of hair) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hairs

1. hair [n] - See also: hair

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairs

hairlocks
hairnet
hairnets
hairnetted
hairpiece
hairpieces
hairpin
hairpin bend
hairpin curve
hairpin loop
hairpin loops
hairpin turn
hairpins
hairpulling
hairraising
hairs (current term)
hairsbreadth
hairsbreadths
hairshirt
hairshirts
hairslide
hairsplitter
hairsplitters
hairsplitting
hairsplittings
hairspray
hairsprays
hairspring
hairsprings
hairst

Literary usage of Hairs

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Surface smooth, hairs on margins. hairs on lobes or margins. hairs on lobes ... C 1 Surface smooth, except for 1-2 hairs at the leaf-teeth; hairs on margins ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1906)
"The eyepiece is simply a microscope for viewing the image and the cross.hairs. When the plane of the image coincides with the plane of the cross.hairs, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"On young roots cellular projections occur, which may be called radical hairs. Young leaves and buds are frequently covered with protecting hairs. ..."

4. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1913)
"It has numerous white or unpigmented hairs along with hairs pigmented as are the black hairs except that the clusters are less frequent. ..."

5. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"UNICELLULAR GLANDULAR hairs The unicellular glandular hairs are either sessile or ... Stalked unicellular hairs of digitalis are shown on Plate 60, Fig. 2. ..."

6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"The way in which the hair initials, or fundaments of the root-hairs, are cut off, and the specialized character of the mature structures have not been ..."

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