Emily Dickinson Lexicon

hair (-'s), n. [OE hér < Germanic.] (webplay: distance, filament, fine, go, growth, hollow, long, judges, part, short, small, thing).

1. Millimeter; very small measure; extremely short distance.
2. Coiffure; natural head covering; mass of filaments growing from the scalp.
3. Strand; small filament; fiber issuing out of the skin from a follicle.
4. String; single strand of rope; [fig.] last chance; final opportunity.