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Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.

A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened. [Written also matress.]

A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.]

The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.

Of or pertaining to the black-haired races. Prichard.

Having very dark or black hair; black-haired. Prichard.

imer. The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by the ripeness of age. J. C. Shairp.

unded hills, with their flowing outlines, overlapping and melting into each other. J. C. Shairp.

or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall.

elicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites.

An unguent for the hair.

Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.

the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

Having soft hairs; downy.

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon.

Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.

her in 1909. Leading features are freedom for physical activity (no stationary desks and chairs), informal and individual instruction, the very early development of writing, and an extended sensory and motor training (with special emphasis on vision, touch, perception of movement, and their interconnections), mediated…

A long-haired pet dog.

Small pinchers for curling the hair. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

rope and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. -- Musk parakeet. (Zoöl.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above). -- Musk pear (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resemb…