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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hairbreadth

/(-brĕdth)/ · Hair·breadth · IPA /ˈhɛɹˌbɹɛdθ/
01 The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
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    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.
02 a. Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
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    Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.