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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, Hair'sbreadth \Hair's"breadth`\ The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. --Judg. xx 16 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as a hairbreadth escape. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hairbreadth n : a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost by a hair" [syn: {hair's-breadth}, {hair}]
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