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Hairsplitter
Hairsplitter Hair"split`ter, n. One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. ``The caviling hairsplitter.' --De Quincey.
Hairsplitting
Hairsplitting Hair"split`ting, a. Making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions. The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading. --Charles Sumner.
Hairspring
Hairspring Hair"spring`, n. (Horology) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
hairstreak
Thecla Thec"la, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
Hairstreak
Hairstreak Hair"streak`, n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi).
Stadia hairs
Stadia hairs Sta"di*a hairs or wires wires . (Surv.) In a theodolite, etc., horizontal cross wires or hairs equidistant from the central horizontal cross wire.
To split hairs
Split Split (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split (Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] [Probably of Scand. or Low german origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.] 1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin. Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. 2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder. A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water. --Boyle. 3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South. 4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.

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- S2CID 39103960. "How many hairs are on a human head in total and per square inch?". curlcentric.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022. "Number of hairs on human head". harvard...
- Grey Hairs is the third studio album by American rapper Reks. The album was released on July 22, 2008 through ShowOff Records. "Reks – Grey Hairs". Discogs...
- discomfort. The term "hairs" is technically a misnomer, as only mammals possess true hairs. The scientific term for plant hairs is trichomes. The most...
- Telogen hairs have tiny bulbs without sheaths at their roots. Telogen effluvium shows an increased percentage of hairs upon examination. Anagen hairs have...
- Root hairs or absorbent hairs, are outgrowths of epidermal cells, specialized cells at the tip of a plant root. They are lateral extensions of a single...
- Axillia of a pubescent male, note the short, stray hairs characteristic of this stage (Wolfsdorf 2) Armpit hair prevents skin-to-skin contact during activities...
- Guard hair or overhair is the outer layer of hair of most mammals, which overlay the fur. Guard hairs are long and co**** and protect the rest of the...
- multigemini, also known as "compound hairs," is a malformation characterized by the presence of bifurcated or multiple divided hair matrices and papillae, giving...
- and melanin. The clear hairs appear as grey or white because of the way light is reflected from the hairs. The change in hair colour occurs when melanin...
- structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plant is an indumentum, and the...