Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a group of very long hairs which may occur on several parts of the body of a lepidopterous insect.
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Examples
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With the invention of paper in the first century A.D., and the substitution of a hair-pencil for the stylus, verticals and horizontals came more into vogue.
China and the Chinese Herbert Allen Giles 1890
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The same article is often used with a hair-pencil to remove a cataract of the eye
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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Nothing stirs so long as the creature is left alone; but, if I tickle it with a hair-pencil, the four hind-legs move sharply and grip the point.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The tarsi cling firmly to the hair-pencil which I hold out to them.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The insect presents a misshapen appearance under this overcoat of vermin, which my hair-pencil can hardly brush aside.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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The whole earthy mass will soon be soaked and reduced to a mud which we are able to sweep with the point of a hair-pencil.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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I have sometimes to tease him with the point of a hair-pencil in order to make him let go; and, once he has left the joint, he hesitates a little before putting his mouth to it again.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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I take a hair-pencil and sweep the living burden from one of my Spiders, making it fall close to another covered with her little ones.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Positively it was past twelve, and the desire to be surprised unconcernedly occupied could no longer obviate her restlessness, so she packed up her hair-pencil, and, walking back to the inn, found Rashe in solitary possession of the coffee-room.
Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Commence by cold-soaping the article, then touch the spot with a hair-pencil or feather dipped in the chloride, dipping it immediately into cold water, to prevent the texture of the article being injured.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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