English Dictionary: hairbreadth | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for hairbreadth | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, Hair'sbreadth \Hair's"breadth`\ 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 | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape. |