Timeline for Name for fine hair on human skin
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| Dec 9, 2014 at 22:01 | comment | added | aychedee | Just because you've never heard a word used doesn't mean it isn't used. "Down" means fine hair. I use it... in BrEng. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 21:49 | comment | added | peterG | @TRomano I've always understood 'down' to mean that very fine hair that women often have on their faces (as well as the duck thing, of course); not head hair. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 21:37 | comment | added | TimR | I have never heard 'down' used of human head hair (as the Oxford link suggests it can be) though I've often heard it used to describe very light body hair, on the arm, say, or the cheek. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 17:41 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @Geobits: Aha! This "hiding" mechanism breaks Ctrl+F; what a shame. Anyway yes the quality of that example has me doubting the quality of the page in general. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 17:36 | comment | added | Gob Ties | @LightnessRacesinOrbit Scroll down to definition 2, usage 1.2, and it's under "more example sentences". | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 17:17 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | "Every single women on the planet" Total nonsense, and even contains a spelling mistake. In fact I can't even find that sentence on the page. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 16:46 | comment | added | A E | @what, not that I can think of. You could say that some people have "downy hair" in some places, but just down by itself sounds like duck/pillow-related to me. Although ODO disagrees with me: oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/down "Every single women on the planet has 'down' on her face- in fact, it's what gives some women that 'perfect complexion' look." | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 16:37 | comment | added | user32638 | @AE Is there another non-technical, everyday word used in BE? | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 14:58 | comment | added | A E | Not normally used for human hair in BrEng. | |
| Dec 9, 2014 at 14:03 | history | answered | Patrick Wood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |