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• hair-trigger

  n. a Tasmanian name for any plantof genus Stylidium. Called also Trigger-plant,and Jack in a Box (q...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Trigger

  ·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

• trigger

  In ship-building, is the letting fall the paul of the cradle by which the dog-shore falls flush, and...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Hair

  ·noun A <<Haircloth>>. II. Hair ·noun A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. III. Hair ·n...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hair

  1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hair

  The cold nipping wind called haar in the north: as in Beaumont and Fletcher, "Here all is cold as ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Hair

  The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long ha...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• trigger-plant

  n. i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• trigger-finger

  See fore-finger. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• trigger-line

  A line by which the gun is fired. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Berenice's Hair

  ·add. ·- ·see Coma Berenices, under <<Coma>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hair grass

  ·- A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hair-brown

  ·adj Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of r...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hair-salt

  ·noun A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Lady's hair

  ·- A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Maid's hair

  ·- The yellow bedstraw (Galium verum). ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pele's hair

  ·add. ·- Glass threads or fibers formed by the wind from bits blown from frothy lava or from the tip...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• hair splitter

  A man's yard. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hair-bracket

  The moulding at the back of the figure-head. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book