razoredadj.
/ˈreɪzəd/, U.S. /ˈreɪzərd/ 1. Sharp-edged; razor-like. Frequently figurative.rare before 20th cent.
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sharp-edgedc1000
well-edged1572
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razored1613
blady1622
razor-edged1807
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knife-edged1863
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1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G Be his teeth rasered, and his tallons keene,..Yet I ere night will case me in his skin.
a1938 T. Wolfe Web & Rock (1939) iii. xv. 262 A mighty weapon with a blade of razored sharpness which he might use magnificently to his life's advantage.
1980 A. Skinner Mind's Eye i. 5 The base rock of the island showed sharp and razored edges.
1984 W. Gibson Neuromancer (1989) iii. xii. 155 Razored sheets of light bisecting his skull at a dozen angles.
1995 L. Pastan Early Afterlife 15 The rasping sound of the wind honing its razored edge along the branches of trees.
2. Cut or shaved with or as if with a razor.
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1641 T. Heywood Life of Merlin xxxi. 310 Blunting the horns of all the Bashan Buls, And rooting from the Land the razord skuls... By rooting the rozard [sic] sculs from the Land, is meant the suppression of Fryers and Monks, who had the upper part of their heads alwayes shaven.
1791 Observ. & Refl. on War with Russia 52 The smooth razored cheek shrunk from behind the patriotic beard.
1853 Kate & Rosalind iii. 21 The careful and precise neatness of..his smoothly razored face.
1950 Times 9 June 1/3 (advt.) Mr Jules..specializes in..the razored feather cut for the not-so-young.
1971 J. F. Hunter Gay Insider iii. 27 Frequenters of The Casbah spin Paul Bowles yarns of razored cocks—called ‘Barn Circumcisions’ among the cognoscenti.
2004 Short Easy Hairstyles Sept. 9/1 (caption) Use a generous amount of product at the tips [of the hair] to help seal the razored ends in that upward style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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