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      "h\u02c8w\u026ask\u0259r",
      "\u02c8w\u026ask\u0259r"
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            "mean": "That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both."
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            "mean": "A hair of the beard."
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            "mean": "(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.\nIt missed falling on your foot by a whisker.\n2011 May 14,  Peter Scrivener,  \u201cSunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton\u201d, in  BBC Sport\u200e:Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar."
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            "mean": "(nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds."
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            "mean": "(statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot."
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            "mean": "One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion."
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            "mean": "(metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal."
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