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ˈhair-stroke
1. A very fine line made in writing or drawing; esp. a fine up-stroke in penmanship.
1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. 28 The veines..are made with two or three haire stroks with a fine touch of your pen. Ibid., Drawing small haire strokes from the hip to the knee. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. x. 393 Those who in matters of opinion varied from the Popes copie the least hair-stroke are condemned for Hereticks. 1781Cowper Let. 23 Apr., You can draw a hair-stroke where another man would make a blot as broad as a sixpence.
2. Printing. The fine line at the top or bottom of a letter, a ceriph. (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875.) |