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Destitute of hair. Shak.

A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.

s excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. Charles Sumner.

The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).

Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., T. lepterus of Europe and America. They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.

A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair. See Gordius.

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.

See Haytian.

The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.…

of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is M. bilinearis. Two American species (Phycis chuss and P. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. Called also squirrel hake, and c…

See Forkbeard.

Same as Acton. [Obs.]

A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan. [India]

A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]

The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash. See Midrash.

An appearance as of a halo of light, surround the edges of dark object

An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

Hastate.