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verb

Shave v. t. (past shaved; past part. shaved or shaven; pres. part. shaving)

1.

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.

2.

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. "I'll shave your crown for this." "The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green."

3.

To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. "Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root."

4.

To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. "Now shaves with level wing the deep."

5.

To strip; to plunder; to fleece. (Colloq.)

To shave a note, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. (Cant, U.S.)

Shave v. i. (past shaved; past part. shaved or shaven; pres. part. shaving) 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.

noun

Shaving n.

1.

The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

2.

That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving of silver."

Shaving brush, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.

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Etymology of 'Shaving'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shaving" Quotes from Famous Books

... paring the shoulder with a chisel. Had the chisel been used vertically an undercut shoulder (as at B) would not have occurred. The trouble now is that the slightest amount of shrinkage in the width of the stile will show an open joint. The result will be the same if it is necessary to remove a shaving or two when planing or levelling up the face of ...

— Woodwork Joints - How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. • William Fairham

... Pensacola, the thrust was wholly avoided by the quick moving of the latter's helm, which Warley characterized as beautiful; while the attempt made immediately afterward upon the Mississippi resulted in a merely glancing blow, which took a deep and long shaving out of the enemy's quarter, but did no serious damage. Not till a much later period of the action did the Manassas find an opportunity to charge squarely upon the beam of the Brooklyn. She did so across the current, striking therefore only with her own speed ...

— Admiral Farragut • A. T. Mahan

... King Tarquin shaving. Gently glides the razor o'er his chin, Near him stands a grim Haruspex raving, And with nasal whine he pitches in Church extension hints, Till the monarch squints, Snicks his chin, ...

— The Bon Gaultier Ballads • William Edmonstoune Aytoun

... canvas-sheet held to the deck by a number of their fellows, and then running for the goal, picking up potatoes as they ran. Afterwards, with bucket of paste and paintbrush, lathering head and face, shaving with a large wooden razor the unlucky competitor—were a part of the amusements they imposed ...

— Shadow and Light - An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

... all the confusion of throwing off their rags, and putting on their new clothing. There stood Sheridan, half-smothered in the novel attempt to put on a clean shirt. In another corner Fox, Grey, and Lord Moira, straining to peep into the same shaving-glass, were all three making awkward efforts to use the long-forgotten razor. Others were gazing at themselves in a sort of savage wonder at the strangeness of new washed faces. Some sans culottes ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 • Various

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