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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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1828 Definition
SHAVE, v.t. pret. shaved; pp. shaved or shaven.
1. To cut or pare off something from the surface of the body by a razor or other edged instrument, by rubbing, scraping or drawing the instrument along the surface; as, tto shave the chin and cheeks; to shave the head of its hair.
He shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. Num. 6.
2. To shave off, to cut off.
Neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard. Lev. 21.
3. To pare close.
The bending sythe
1913 Definition
Chaucer.
His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. Chaucer. 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.
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. Shak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin
slices.
Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. Bacon. To skim along or near the surface of; to
pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Now shaves with level wing the deep. Milton. 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.] 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.
A thin slice; a shaving.
Wright. A cutting of the beard; the operation of
shaving.
An exorbitant discount
on a note.
[Cant, U.S.]
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade
with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
The act of passing very near to, so as
almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
[Colloq.]
Shave grass (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under Equisetum. -- Shave hook, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp- edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle. | ||||||||
