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Definition of Hair stroke
1. Noun. A very fine line in writing or printing.
Definition of Hair stroke
1. Noun. (printing) a fine line drawn out at the top or bottom of a letter ¹
2. Noun. (penmanship) a line as fine as a hair ¹
3. Noun. (behavior) a soothing gesture ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hair Stroke
Literary usage of Hair stroke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1860)
"... or truth expressed, both of which may be as well given in a line the twelfth
of an inch broad as with a hair-stroke. VICTOR HUGO—LA LEGENDE DES SIECLES. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A very slender line made in writing or drawing; a hair-stroke.—2. lu printing,
a very thin line .... there are many others. hair-stroke (här'strök), ». 1. ..."
3. Household Elegancies: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Home Decorations by C S Jones, Henry T. Williams (1877)
"K is commenced with a hair-stroke, gradually made broader and Fig. 9. ... 10.
heavier, and then slowly withdrawn into a graceful hair-stroke; ..."
4. Practical Cosmophonography: A System of Writing and Printing All the by Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis Marion Craig (1850)
"... observed that uie hair- stroke which begins the first part of the letter,
gives it a rounding inclination, from left to right, but which is still more ..."
5. Every Man His Own Teacher, Or, Lancaster's Theory of Education, Practically by John Preston (1817)
"4 ; then make a curved ell, and join the hair stroke to the stem of the h, or
line No. ... For instance, continue the hair stroke of ac, with fine dots, ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"b and h. b is perfectly closed below, h is somewhat open, and ends at the bottom,
on one side, with a hair stroke. " f and f. f has a horizontal line above. ..."
7. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"{ has a little hair stroke below on the left. v (u) and y (V)). tt is closed, 1)
is somewhat open below, and ends with a hair stroke. As will be seen, ..."
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