hair

  • 31hair —    This makes many appearances in *superstitions, cures, tales, popular errors, and *div ination. One should be particularly careful in the disposal of hair after cutting or brushing, as such removable parts of the body can be used in *witchcraft …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 32hair — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. b these collectively (his hair is falling out). 2 a an artificially produced hairlike strand, e.g. in a brush. b a mass of such hairs. 3… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 33HAÏR — v. a. (H s aspire.) [ Je hais, tu hais, il hait ; nous haïssons, vous haïssez, ils haïssent. Je haïssais. J ai haï. Je haïrai. Je haïrais. Hais. Que je haïsse. Haïssant. ] Vouloir mal à quelqu un. Haïr ses ennemis. Haïr son prochain. Haïr quelqu… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 34hair — noun 1 (U) the mass of things like fine threads that grows on your head: She brushed her hair. | I must get my hair cut it s getting too long. | blond/red/dark hair: Emma s the one with the red hair. | short/long/shoulder length hair: Jane has… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35hair — [[t]he͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ hairs 1) N VAR: usu supp N Your hair is the fine threads that grow in a mass on your head. I wash my hair every night... He has black hair. ...a girl with long blonde hair... I get some grey hairs but I pull them out. 2) N VAR …

    English dictionary

  • 36Hair —    1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 37hair — [OE] No general Indo European term for ‘hair’ has come down to us. All the ‘hair’ words in modern European languages are descended from terms for particular types of hair – hair on the head, hair on other parts of the body, animal hair – or for… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38hair*/*/*/ — [heə] noun 1) [U] the thing that grows on your head in a mass of thin fibres long black hair[/ex] brush/comb your hair[/ex] 2) [C] a single fibre of hair a few grey hairs[/ex] dog hairs on the furniture[/ex] • let your hair down informal to relax …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 39hair — [OE] No general Indo European term for ‘hair’ has come down to us. All the ‘hair’ words in modern European languages are descended from terms for particular types of hair – hair on the head, hair on other parts of the body, animal hair – or for… …

    Word origins

  • 40HAÏR — v. tr. Avoir quelqu’un en haine. Haïr ses ennemis. Haïr son prochain. Haïr quelqu’un sans raison, sans sujet. Haïr quelqu’un à mort, le haïr mortellement. Haïr les méchants. Je le haïssais bien cordialement. Il déteste son crime, il se hait lui… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)