dehairer

noun

Etymology

From de- + hair + -er.

  1. inherited from here
  2. derived from *kes- — “to scrape, comb
  3. inherited from *hērą — “hair
  4. inherited from *hār
  5. inherited from hǣr
  6. inherited from her
  7. formed as dehairer — “de- + hair + -er

Definitions

  1. Something or someone that removes hair.

    • Commercial lactic acid, however, goes largely to certain branches of the leather-tanning industry as a dehairer and decalcifier of hides.
    • I was not thinking of apartment rent, television cost, or new furniture when I heard that motor start up with me in the dehairer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dehairer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA