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Shave :: Shave (v. t.) A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself..

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard..

Shorling :: Shorling (n.) A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest..

Barber :: Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.

Shaver :: Shaver (n.) One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

Pare :: Pare (v. t.) To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away redundancies..

Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..

Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

Tonsured :: Tonsured (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald..

Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave..

Shave :: Shave () obs. p. p. of Shave.

Shaver :: Shaver (n.) One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.

Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..

Barber :: Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons..

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.

Shave :: Shave (v. t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave..

Shaver :: Shaver (n.) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

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