Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - whisker
Whisker
whisker
n. 1 (usu. in pl.) the hair growing on a man's face, esp. on the cheek. 2 each of the bristles on the face of a cat etc. 3 colloq. a small distance (within a whisker of; won by a whisker). 4 a strong hairlike crystal of metal etc. Phrases and idioms have (or have grown) whiskers colloq. (esp. of a story etc.) be very old. Derivatives whiskered adj. whiskery adj. Etymology: WHISK + -ER(1)
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noun Etymology: singular of ~s mustache, from 2whisk Date: circa 1600 1. a hair of the beard, b. plural mustache, the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin, hairbreadth , one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (as a cat or bird), an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys, 4. a shred or filament resembling a ~, a thin hairlike crystal (as of sapphire or copper) of exceptional mechanical strength used especially to reinforce composite structural material, ~ed adjective ~y adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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