"Shave" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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.
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.
A thin slice; a shaving.
obs. p. p. of Shave.
To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to,
or touch lightly, in passing.
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 cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
An exorbitant discount on a note.
A raging, glowering full moon had come up, was peering down over the side of the sky well above the patio.That was the last thing she saw as she leaned for a moment, inert with fatigue, against the doorway of the room in which her child lay. Then she dragged herself in to topple headlong upon the bed and, already fast asleep, to circle her child with one protective arm, moving as if of its own instinct.Not the meek, the pallid, gentle moon of home. This was the savage moon that had shone down on Montezuma and Cuauhtemoc, and came back looking for them now. The primitive moon that had once looked down on terraced heathen cities and human sacrifices. The moon of Anahuac. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")
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