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1. Afro, adj. and n. View full entry 1966
...spec. Applied to a full, bushy, short-curled style of hair worn by some black people, and to frizzed hairstyles in imitation of this....
2. Afro, adj. and n. View full entry 1967
...Occas. afro. An Afro hairstyle (see sense A. 2). Also in extended use....
4. Afro pick in Afro, adj. and n. View full entry 1971
...a narrow comb with long teeth, used esp. to comb an Afro hairstyle....
5. Afroed in Afro, adj. and n. View full entry 1969
...(of a person) having an Afro hairstyle....
6. back-comb in back-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...an ornamental comb worn at the back of the head; also trans. and intr., to comb the underlying hairs of a strand towards the scalp....
7. back-head, n. View full entry 1731
...False hair worn at the back of the head; a chignon....
8. ˈbalter, v. View full entry 1693
...trans. To tangle, ‘mat’ (the hair)....
9. bandeau, n. View full entry
...A narrow band or fillet worn by women to bind the hair, or as part of a head-dress....
10. bandoline, n. View full entry 1846
...A gummy preparation for fixing the hair....
11. bandoline, v. View full entry 1856
...To dress (the hair) with bandoline....
14. bang, n.2 View full entry 1878
...The front hair cut square across the forehead. (Orig. in U.S.)...
15. banged in bang, n.2 View full entry 1880
16. bang, v.2 View full entry 1882
...To cut (the front hair) square across, so that it ends abruptly....
17. banging, n.2 View full entry 1877
...The action of bang...
18. barb, v. View full entry 1587
...To shave or trim the beard of (a person). Obs. in general use....
19. barb, v. View full entry 1583
...absol. or intr. (for refl.)...
20. barber, n. View full entry c1330
...A man, or more rarely a woman, whose business it is to shave or trim the beards, and cut and dress the hair, of customers. (Now largely replaced by hairdresser.)...
