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r resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute. His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge. Milton.

upposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

A European bat (Barbastellus communis), with hairy lips.

Having a beard; bearded; hairy.

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat. Basks at the fire his hairy strength. Milton.

-- Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs. -- Bear caterpillar (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp. of the genus Euprepia. -- Bear garden. (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold. -- Bear leader, one who leads…

for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.

Having much hair; hairy. [R.]

rue legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.…

Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum.

Having hair; hairy.

Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]

Hairy. [R.]

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.:

A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.