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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 591 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WHISKER , a word chiefly used in the plural in the sense of the

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HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair worn by a

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man on the cheeks as opposed to the

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BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. beard, Icel. bar, rim, edge, beak of a ship, &c., O. Slay. barda, Russ. barodd. Cf. Welsh barf, Lat.. barba, though, according to the New English Dictionary, the connexion is for phonetic reasons doubtful)
BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

beard on the

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CHIN

chin and the

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MOUSTACHE, or MUSTACHIO

moustache on the upper

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LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip (see BEARD) . It is also applied to the bristly feelers growing

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ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the mouth of a

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cat or other

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