hair-stroken.
1. A very fine line made in writing or drawing; esp. a fine up-stroke in penmanship.
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1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 28 The veines..are made with two or three haire stroks with a fine touch of your pen.
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 28 Drawing small haire strokes from the hip to the knee.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. x. 393 Those who in matters of opinion varied from the Popes copie the least hair-stroke, are condemned for Hereticks.
1781 W. Cowper Let. 23 Apr. (1979) I. 464 You can draw a hair stroke where another man would make a Blot as broad as a Sixpence.
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2. Printing. The fine line at the top or bottom of a letter, a serif n. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875.)
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