shavingn.
/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ 1. The action of scraping or cutting off a thin slice from a surface; an abrasion.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [noun] > cutting off > cutting off a thin surface layer
paring1319
shaving1390
thwiting1393
whittling1614
1390 Earl Derby's Exped. (Camden) 22 Pro hedynge iiij doliorum pro floure imponendo, et pro hopes et schauyng dictorum doliorum.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 84 Þe schauyng of þe bone profited noþing.
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Intertrigo, galling, or shauing.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 87/1 In the Curriers Art. Shaveing, is the taking down of the thickness of the Leather.
2. † b. = tonsure n. 2. Obsolete (? nonce-use.)
a. The action of removing the hair from the head or face with a razor; an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving
dodding?c1225
shearingc1315
shaving138.
tonsure1390
pollinga1400
clippingc1440
rasure1483
barbing1485
trimmingc1525
colling1575
tonsuring1811
detonsure1819
pogonotomy1896
poodling1907
razor cutting1952
138. Antecrist in Todd Three Treat. Wyclif (1851) 147 Antecrist makiþ hise [priests] knowen by crowne & berdes schauynge.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 306 When I tuke bod a peny for a shavyng, I couthe wele spar som syluer euerilk day.
1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxiij (margin) Shavinge is borowed of the hethen and oylinge of the Jewes.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 62 Their Priests vsed shauings of the head and beard.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xxiii. 126 Men for their sins Have shaving too entailed upon their chins.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 The operation of shaving, dressing, and coffee-imbibing was soon performed.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. xxxvii. 41 His arrival at full manhood, as marked by the shaving of his beard.
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society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > [noun]
tonsurea1387
rasure1483
rounding1551
shaving1647
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 25 Theodore Archbishop of Canterbury..placed Bishops over each [diocese], every one of them being of the right Roman stampe, as himselfe was of the right Roman shaving.
3. attributive.1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia iv. 185 The shaving tub, over which is placed the cutting press..is a frame of wood for holding the shavings, &c., from the cutting of the edges.1873 J. Richards On Arrangem. Wood-working Factories 45 The magazine or shavings room should be arranged to allow the dust to pass off at the top.
a. concrete. A thin slice taken off the surface of anything with a sharp tool; esp. a thin slice of wood cut off with a plane. Chiefly plural.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > thin piece shaved or stripped off
shavingc1386
stripping1601
shave1725
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > a) scraping(s) or shaving(s)
shavingc1386
rasurea1400
razing?a1425
scrapings1511
rasing1552
scaling1651
ramentum1658
raments1670
abrasion1684
scrapeage1851
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 686 What, deuel of helle ! shulde it ellis be? Shauyng of siluer siluer is, parde.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 46 Puttyng in þe shauyng of lard wiþ þe iuse of porres.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 50 Chauyng of lard.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 444 Schavyngys, of boordys or treys, rasure.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 169 You shall not giue them..the shauing of a Hasell wande.
1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes in Wks. (1904) I. 271 These..might haue beene buried with his bookes in the bottome of a drie-fatte,..amongst the shauings of the Presse.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 248 We call the Shavings of Fish (which are little worth) Gubbings.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 212 [It] is only capable to cut a narrow Shaving off of the Work.
1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 68 All shavings of horns..is good manure for land.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 151 When the ivory hollows are thin..the material would be turned entirely into shavings.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 2 The slanting sunbeams shone through the transparent shavings that flew before the steady plane.
1887 J. Ruskin Præterita II. x. 361 I worked with a carpenter until I could take an even shaving six feet long off a board.
b. (See quot. 1699.)
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Shavings, the Clippings of Money.
c. transferred and figurative.
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1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) v. 298 Is the King immortal..to be put off with the chips and shavings of devotion?
1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iii. 132 And all the Stock of Learning they pretend to is a few shavings of Wit gathered out of Plays and Romances.
1912 Eng. Rev. Sept. 234 Small gleams, shavings and suffusions of light, were escaping from seams in the ship.
d. Phrase. to a shaving, completely, exactly.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > completely or perfectly
to (or unto) perfectiona1425
to the letter?1495
to point1590
to the (also a) nail?1611
to a shaving1804
jam up1835
to the moment1845
to a (fine) point1861
1804 R. Anderson's Cumbld. Ball. (1808) 90 She'll suit thee till a shavin.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Shaving, a tittle, a nicety. ‘It fits to a shaving.’
1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet i. 24 The farmer applauded this song..exclaiming, ‘'od man ye hae hit aff Peter till a shavin’.
4. slang.
a. The action or process of defrauding.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
defraudc1450
defraudationc1503
fraudingc1530
defrauding1548
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
versing1591
begeckc1600
sharking1602
shaving1606
rooking1635
defraudment1645
emunging1664
prowlerya1670
bilking1687
sharping1692
mace1742
fineering1765
swindling1769
highway robbery1777
macing1811
flat-catching1821
ramping1830
swindlery1833
rigging1846
diddlinga1849
suck-in1856
daylight robbery1863
cooking1873
bunco-steering1875
chousing1881
fiddling1884
verneukery1896
padding1900
verneukering1900
bobol1907
swizzle1913
ramp1915
swizz1915
chizzing1948
tweedling1975
1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London vi. sig. F2 Then haue you the Shauing of Fatherlesse children,..and thats done by Executors, The Shauing of poore Clients especially by the Atturneyes Clearkes.
1841 C. E. Lester Glory & Shame Eng. I. 38 I have been very much astonished to find the system of petty shaving so extensively carried on in England.
b. U.S. The discounting of bills at an exorbitant rate of interest.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > use of bills of exchange > discounting
discounting1629
discount1646
note-shaving1809
shaving1813
1813 T. Eaton Rev. N.-Y. 127 Again the broker claims per cent. For he on shaving is attent.
1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 12 He replied that the only business which was good for anything at this time in New York, was shaving—meaning the buying and selling of banknotes.
1834 Niles' Reg. (Baltimore) 5 Apr. 85/2 These rates of shaving.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.† shaving-house n. Obsolete† shaving rag n. Obsolete
shaving-basin n.
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1488–9 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 282 Pro sowdyng de le schavyngbasynnys, 6d.
1597–8 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 180 One deepe shaving bason and cover.
shaving cream n.
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1851 C. Cist Sketches & Statistics Cincinnati 226 A. E. Wetherill, manufacturer of..soaps and shaving creams.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt i. 5 He snatched up his tube of shaving-cream, furiously he lathered.
1976 ‘Z. Stone’ Modigliani Scandal iii. iv. 136 Peter Usher put down his safety razor..and washed the remains of the shaving cream off his face.
shaving-cup n.
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1871 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old 258 Noted the numbers on the private shaving-cups in the pigeon~holes.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shaving-cup, a cup with compartments for hot water and soap, for convenience in shaving.
shaving customer n.
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1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 45 Did you not make over your house,..and nine and twenty shaving customers, to me?
shaving-day n.
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1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 11 Sept. (1948) I. 13 I am rising to go to Jervas to finish my picture, and 'tis shaving day, so good-morrow MD.
shaving dish n.
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1879 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 17 Sept. (1911) II. 205 An Oriental shaving dish with the arms of Groningen.
1961 L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pottery, Porcelain & Glass 28 One-handled bleeding bowls, and shaving-dishes with a segment out of the rim.
shaving foam n.
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1974 Harrod's Christmas Catal. 11 ‘His’ contains..deodorant, shaving foam, soap and talc.
1979 M. Page Pilate Plot i. 10 A can of aerosol shaving foam.
shaving-glass n.
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a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. i. 18 Now I am quite snug, with my little shaving glass in one corner. View more context for this quotation
1839 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 265 I fear it will all end in buying shaving-glasses and penny prints to stick up in his house.
1967 S. Beckett Stories & Texts for Nothing vi. 99 The glass, a round shaving-glass, double-faced.
shaving hand n.
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1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams ii. sig. Aiv One barber can haue but one shauyng hande.
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1401–2 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 300 Sol. pro vitriacione cujusdam fenestre in le Shavynghous, 12d.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 424/1 Rastyr howse, or schavyng howse,..barbitondium.
shaving-jug n.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shaving jug.
shaving-machine n.
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1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xvii. 254 Shaving machine..for shaving the alum, acid and combination tannages.
shaving mirror n.
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1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 30 Apr. 10/2 In the surrounding staterooms, the rest began to hang up shaving mirrors and get into deck shoes.
1958 ‘R. Crompton’ William's Television Show vii. 187 The double reflection of the dressing-table mirror and the shaving mirror over the hand basin gave her a perfect view of her profile.
shaving-mug n.
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1895 Stores' List Shaving Mugs.
shaving-paper n.
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1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby liv. 542 A few bank notes for shaving paper.
shaving-paste n.
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1808 Times 5 Nov. Shaving Paste, newly invented.
shaving-pot n.
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1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 148 A shavinge potte, a shavinge bason.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond vii A man..brought me a silver shaving-pot of hot water.
shaving-powder n.
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1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 51 We should never travel without—a case of good razors, and a box of shaving-powder.
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1796 T. Wale in H. J. Wale My Grandfather's Pocket-bk. (1883) xvii. 341 Wash given out to Mrs. Wheeler... 1 pair under stockings, thread. 3 shaving wrages.
1814 J. Austen Let. 20 Nov. (1995) 282 The dirty Shaving Rag was exquisite!
shaving-shears n.
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1855 R. Browning Holy-Cross Day ii Shame, man ! greedy beyond your years To handsel the bishop's shaving-shears?
shaving-shop n.
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1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvi. 315 Sweedlepipe's easy shaving-shop.
shaving soap n.
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1790 Pennsylvania Packet 19 Apr. 4/2 He has likewise for Sale..Shaving soap.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvi. 315 [It] could not remove the smell of shaving-soap.
shaving-strop n.
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1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. i. §2. 269 With the name on the..shaving-strop.
shaving-tackle n.
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1842 C. Dickens Let. 3 Apr. (1974) III. 181 My shaving tackle, dressing case, brushes, books, and papers.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxv. 252 I don't see his shaving tackle. Nor his brushes, Captain.
1980 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 3/1 In some units..patients are expected to share toothbrushes and shaving tackle.
shaving-thing n.
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1797 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) I. viii. 262 A case with shaving-things, combs, and a knife, fork, and spoon.
shaving-tin n.
shaving utensil n.
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1831 W. Scott Quentin Durward (new ed.) II. ix. 183 That last remark upon the shaving utensils.
shaving water n.
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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxix. 426 ‘Shaving water, Sam,’ said Mr. Pickwick.
1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand xxiii Shaving-water at seven, breakfast at eight.
shaving whittle n.
C2. † shaving-grass n. Obsolete = shavegrass n.† shaving hat n. Obsolete ? a hat made of shavings; in quot. 1723 attributive.† shaving-iron n. Obsolete (a) a razor; (b) a plumbers' shaving-hook; (c) a shoemakers' paring knife.† shaving-linen n. Obsolete = shaving-cloth n. (a).† shaving-mill n. U.S. Obsolete a small privateer used during the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812.
shaving-board n. (see quot. 1885).
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1885 St. James's Gaz. 2 Jan. 6/1 The rude yet sufficient engines upon which hoops are shaved. Each of these consists of a small slanted beam, the ‘shaving board’.
shaving box n. a small round box containing a piece of soap and a lathering brush.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > containers for > for shaving implements
shaving box1774
1774 J. Woodforde Diary 14 Jan. (1924) I. 122 For a Shaving Box of one Darcy..pd 0.1.0.
1775 Pennsylvania Evening Post 27 July 325/2 Brushes, shaving-boxes and black-ball of the best quality.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond i It was about the size of the lid of a shaving-box.
shaving brush n. (a) a brush used to put on the lather before shaving; (b) (see quot. 1884).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > shaving brush
shaving brush1792
1792 J. Woodforde Diary 26 July (1927) III. 364 At D[itt]o for Shaving Brush and Powder.
1838 R. Southey Doctor V. 210 He shaves..sans shaving-brush,..sans every thing except a razor.
1884 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 427 Shaving-brush. Centaurea nigra, L.
shaving-cloth n. †(a) ? emery cloth for shaving wood, etc.; (b) a cloth to cover a person's chest when being shaved.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > glasspaper, sandpaper, or cloth
shaving-cloth1427
shaving-linen1512
scouring papera1756
emery-paper1772
glass-paper1815
sandpaper1825
glass-cloth1873
sander1895
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > towel
shaving-cloth1540
toilet1664
1427 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 476/2 Shaving cloth. 1 ell../6.
1483 Cath. Angl. 333/2 A Schavynge clathe, ralla.
1540 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. ii. 107 Item to Cornelis Hays, that gave a shavingcloth wroght with gold vj s viij d.
1558 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 150 Tenne shavinge clothes.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies
padpipe?a1300
paddock-pipec1300
holy-water strinklec1440
shavegrassc1450
shavewortc1450
horsetail1538
shaving-grass1538
cat's tail1552
toad-pipe1578
pewterwort1597
horse-willow1611
prêle1661
shave-weed1691
water horsetail1710
horse-pipe1785
rush1804
shave-rush1821
equisetum1830
pipeweed1837
scouring rush1845
mud horsetail1855
jointweed1879
bottlebrush1883
1538 W. Turner Libellus de re Herbaria at Hippvris Shauynge gyrs.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 37 Take ye lesse Shauing girss, called also Cattes tayle and Earth yuy of eche two handfull.
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1723 London Gaz. No. 6192/11 Elizabeth Robinson,..Shaving Hatmaker.
shaving horse n. (see quot. 1875).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while shaving wood
shaving horse1841
draw horse1845
1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 527/2 A receptacle for spinning-wheels, wash-tubs, pitchforks, shaving horses, and sundry other implements of domestic industry.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shaving-horse, a narrow bench or trestle on which the workman sits astride while shaving down work with the drawing-knife or spokeshave.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Oct. p. iv/1 A few tools for the lathe..a saw, a shaving-horse.
1974 P. W. Blandford Country Craft Tools ix. 128 Most shaving horses still in existence show that all sizes were made.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > razor
razorc1300
shaving-iron1352
shaving-knife14..
shaver1558
dry shaver1937
straight-edge razor1972
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > knife
shaping knifec1340
trenketc1440
shaving-iron1541
butt1846
tranchet1858
shoe-knife1859
1352 Wynnere & Wastoure 185 in Gollancz Parl. 3 Ages (Roxb.) 96 And alle the lethire..Schynethe alle for scharpynynge of the schauynge iren.
1541 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 176 The steill to scherp the [shoemaker's] schawing jrne.
shaving-knife n. (a) a paring tool, spec. a shoemakers' knife; (b) a razor.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > razor
razorc1300
shaving-iron1352
shaving-knife14..
shaver1558
dry shaver1937
straight-edge razor1972
society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > shaving or paring
shavec825
shave-hook1432
paring-iron1491
spokeshave1510
shaving-knife1530–1
shaver1558
parer1573
stock-shave1794
inshave1875
over-shave1875
travisher1929
scratch stock1934
society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > other knives
bollock knifec1400
paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 564/18 Ansorium, a shavyngknyf, or a trenket.
1530–1 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 269 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 For shavinge knyves bought for my Lorde.., vjs. viijd.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A shaving knife, een scheer-mes.
1843 Knickerbocker 22 386 The rub-a-dub of the cooper's mallet, the creak of his shaving-knife were still.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > glasspaper, sandpaper, or cloth
shaving-cloth1427
shaving-linen1512
scouring papera1756
emery-paper1772
glass-paper1815
sandpaper1825
glass-cloth1873
sander1895
1512 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 483 Shaving linen..ells. @ /5.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > privateer or pirate ship > [noun] > privateer
Dunkirker1588
Dunkirk1599
she-Dunkirk1623
Dunker1630
privateer?1641
private man of war1646
caper1657
letter(s) of mart ship1695
caperera1698
letter of marque ship1703
letter(s) of mart man1704
letter of marque1768
shaving-mill1781
ship-privateer1799
sea-wolf1884
1781 Independent Chron. (Boston, U.S.A.) 19 July 3/3 in Trans. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1910) 11 223 A small boat, one of the noted Shaving-Mills, which continually infest our bay.
1813 Salem Gaz. 12 Oct. 4/1 in Trans. Colonial Soc. Mass. (1910) 11 224 The Fairhaven shaving mill..has sailed from Boston on a cruise.
shaving muscle n. (see quot. 1912).
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1912 A. Keith Human Body xii. 188 The skin over the chin has a curious muscle which acts on it, sometimes named the ‘shaving’ muscle, as it is employed to steady the skin of the chin against the razor.
shavings room n. (see 3).
shaving stick n. a stick of shaving soap.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > preparations used on the hair > [noun] > shaving soap
shaving stick1886
1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 14 Pears's shaving-sticks will give you little taste and lots of lather.
1915 S. Lewis Trail of Hawk 328 I must go in and get a shaving-stick.
1978 D. Bagley Flyaway xxviii. 268 I'm old-fashioned enough to use a soap shaving-stick.
shaving-tool n. (see quot. 1825).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > for slate
shaving-tool1825
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 624 The shaving-tool is used for getting the slates to a smooth face for skirtings, floors of balconies, &c.
shaving tub n. (see 3).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
shavingadj.
/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ That shaves, in the senses of the verb.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauding or swindling
cheatingc1555
sharking1608
shaving1611
rooking1631
sharping1691
black-legged1761
swindling1774
managed1810
cooked1849
bunco-steering1875
blue sky and hot air1905
blue skies1925
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > severe or violent (of weather or elements)
retheeOE
strongOE
stithc1100
snella1400
woodc1400
outrage?a1425
violentc1425
sternc1449
strainable1497
rigorous1513
stalwart1528
vehement1528
sore1535
sturdy1569
robustious1632
severe1676
beating1702
shaving1789
snorting1819
wroth1852
wrathy1872
snapping1876
vicious1882
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > discounting bills
discounted1682
shaving1860
the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > [adjective] > lightly along or near a surface
brushing1596
skimminga1685
grazing?1692
shaving1895
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Frerot, a shauing, or shifting, fellow.
1789 E. Butler Diary 12 Jan. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) vii. 169 The most bitter Cold I ever remember, cutting shaving wind.
1810 B. Hunt Diary 20 Jan. in Chester Co. (Pa.) Hist. Soc. Bull. (1898) 17/2 Most shaveing Cold weather.
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Shaver... This word, in the United States, is applied to money brokers, who purchase notes at more than legal interest. Banks, when they resort to any means to obtain a large discount, are also called shavers, or shaving banks.
1895 G. Meredith Amazing Marriage II. xxxvi. 141 A shaving Northeaster.
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n.1352adj.1611- good-handling
- good-hearted
- good-heartedly
- good-heartedness
- good-hitting
- good-humored
- good-humoredly
- good-humoredness
- good-humoured
- good-humoured-faced
- good-humoured-looking
- good-humouredly
- good-intentioned
- good-length
- good-limbed
- good-living
- good-looker
- good-looking
- good-lookingness
- good-luck shilling
- good-mannered
- good-meaning
- good-minded
- good-morning
- good-morrow