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1. A very small distance or space
   "they lost the election by a whisker"
   - hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair
    
2. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
   - vibrissa, sensory hair

1. Furnish with whiskers
   "a whiskered jersey"
   - bewhisker

Derived forms: whiskering, whiskered, whiskers

See also: whiskery

Type of: furnish, hair, provide, render, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, supply

Encyclopedia: Whisker