Definition of shave

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

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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..
Tonsured :: Tonsured (a.) Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald..
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved..
Shaver :: Shaver (n.) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
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..
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave..
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..
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Router :: Router (n.) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5..
Shaver :: Shaver (n.) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
Barber :: Barber (v. t.) To shave and dress the beard or hair of.
Pare :: Pare (v. t.) To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof..
Shaved :: Shaved (imp.) of Shav.
Shaving :: Shaving (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor..
Shave :: Shave () obs. p. p. of Shave.
Crown :: Crown (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure..
Shaven :: Shaven () of Shav.
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