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Bible Dictionaries
Shave
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) An exorbitant discount on a note.
(3):
(v. t.) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
(4):
obs. p. p. of Shave.
(5):
(v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
(6):
(v. t.) The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
(7):
(v. t.) A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
(8):
(v. t.) A thin slice; a shaving.
(9):
(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.
(10):
(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.
(11):
(v. t.) To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
(12):
(v. t.) To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
(13):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/shave.html. 1828.
