'Against the hair' definitions:
Definition of 'Against the hair'
From: GCIDE
- Hair \Hair\ (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.]
- 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. [1913 Webster]
- Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Bot.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar). [1913 Webster]
- 6. A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A haircloth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair. [1913 Webster]
- Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] "You go against the hair of your professions." --Shak.
- Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead.
- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear.
- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw.
- Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin.
- Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. --Swift.
- Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line.
- Hair moth (Zool.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella.
- Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc.
- Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire.
- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs.
- Hair seal (Zool.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion.
- Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc.
- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance.
- Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom.
- Hair snake. See Gordius.
- Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type.
- Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing.
- Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. --Farrow.
- Not worth a hair, of no value.
- To a hair, with the nicest distinction.
- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety. [1913 Webster] hairball
Words containing 'Against the hair'
- Hair,
- Haired,
- To a hair,
- Berenice's Hair,
- Bulb of a hair,
- Curled hair,
- Golden hair,
- Hair bracket,
- Hair cells,
- Hair compass,
- Hair divider,
- Hair glove,
- Hair grass,
- Hair lace,
- Hair line,
- Hair moth,
- Hair pencil,
- Hair plate,
- Hair powder,
- Hair pyrites,
- Hair seal,
- Hair seating,
- Hair shirt,
- Hair sieve,
- Hair snake,
- Hair space,
- Hair stroke,
- Hair trigger,
- Hair worm,
- Hair's breadth,
- Lady's hair,
- Lank hair,
- Maid's hair,
- Not worth a hair,
- Pele's hair,
- Root hair,
- Salamander's hair,
- Stadia hairs,
- To split hairs,
- Venus's hair,
- body hair,
- camel's hair,
- cross hair,
- crotch hair,
- facial hair,
- false hair,
- guard hair,
- hair ball,
- hair care,
- hair cell,
- hair coloring,
- hair curler,
- hair drier,
- hair dryer,
- hair dye,
- hair eel,
- hair follicle,
- hair gel,
- hair grease,
- hair mousse,
- hair of the dog,
- hair oil,
- hair slide,
- hair spray,
- hair style,
- hair tonic,
- hang by a hair,
- head of hair,
- ingrown hair,
- pubic hair,
- sensory hair,
- split hairs,
- stinging hair,
- Fair-haired,
- Hair-brown,
- Hair-salt,
- Shag-haired,
- Venus's hair stone,
- black-haired,
- black-haired dark-haired,
- brown-haired,
- coarse-haired,
- curly-haired,
- dark-haired,
- glossy-haired,
- gray-haired,
- grey-haired,
- hair's-breadth,
- hair-raiser,
- hair-raising,
- hair-shirt,
- hair-shirted,
- light-haired,
- long-haired,
- rough-haired,
- sable's hair pencil,
- shaggy-haired,
- short-haired,
- silky-haired,
- silver-haired,
- smooth-haired,
- snake-haired,
- soft-haired,
- stiff-haired,
- thick-haired,
- velvety-haired,
- venus'-hair fern,
- white-haired,
- wire-haired,
- woolly-haired,
- wooly-haired,
- Camel's-hair pencil,
- Camel's-hair shawl,
- Hair-crested stork,
- hair-tailed mole,
- wire-haired terrier,
- german short-haired pointer,
- smooth-haired fox terrier,
- wire-haired fox terrier,
- wire-haired pointing griffon