n.
a Tasmanian name for any plantof genus Stylidium. Called also Trigger-plant,and Jack in a Box (q.v.).
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 71:
«The Stylidium, or as we named it, the `Hair-trigger,'is common all over the colony.»
A trigger to a gun-lock, so delicately adjusted that the slightest touch will discharge the piece. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. II. Trigger ·noun A piece, as a lever...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In ship-building, is the letting fall the paul of the cradle by which the dog-shore falls flush, and...
·noun A <<Haircloth>>. II. Hair ·noun A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. III. Hair ·n...
1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The cold nipping wind called haar in the north: as in Beaumont and Fletcher, "Here all is cold as ...
The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long ha...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
n. i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
See fore-finger. ...
A line by which the gun is fired. ...
·add. ·- ·see Coma Berenices, under <<Coma>>. ...
·- A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira...
·adj Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of r...
·noun A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers. ...
·- A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass. ...
·- The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). ...
·add. ·- Glass threads or fibers formed by the wind from bits blown from frothy lava or from the tip...
A man's yard. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The moulding at the back of the figure-head. ...