hairbreadth

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hairbreadth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\ (-br[e^]dth), Hair's breadth
  \Hair's" breadth`\ (h[^a]rz"-).
     The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance;
     sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
     [Also spelled hairsbreadth.]
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           Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not
           miss.                                    --Judg. xx.
                                                    16.
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  Hairbreadth \Hair"breadth`\, a.
     Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth
     escape.
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hairbreadth - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "hairbreadth":
     ace, bit, bowshot, brief span, close quarters, close range,
     closeness, confinement, crack, crowdedness, earreach, earshot,
     gunshot, hair, hair space, hairsbreadth, incapaciousness, inch,
     incommodiousness, limitation, little, little ways, narrow gauge,
     narrowness, nearness, pistol shot, restrictedness, restriction,
     short distance, short piece, short way, slenderness, span,
     spitting distance, step, straitness, strictness, tight squeeze,
     tightness, whisker