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ra·zor

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–noun

1.	a sharp-edged instrument used esp. for shaving the face or trimming the hair.

2.	an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor.

—Idiom

4.	on the razor's edge, in a difficult or precarious position.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME rasour < OF rasor, equiv. to ras(er) to raze + -or -or²

]

—Related forms

ra·zor·less, adjective

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ra·zor Audio Help (rā'zər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A sharp-edged cutting instrument used especially for shaving the face or other body parts.
A device for holding a razorblade, with guards to prevent cutting of the skin. Also called safety razor.
An electric instrument with vibrating or rotating blades used for shaving.

tr.v. ra·zored, ra·zor·ing, ra·zors
To shave, cut, or remove with or as with a razor: razored off the mustache; razored pages from a rare book.

[Middle English rasor, from Old French, from raser, to scrape; see raze.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
razor

c.1290, from O.Fr. rasour "a razor" (12c.), from raser "to scrape, shave" (see raze). The use of razorback for a type of pig with a sharp ridge-like back dates from 1849.

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razor
noun
1.	edge tool used in shaving
verb
1.	shave with a razor

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
razor [ˈreizə] noun

an instrument for shaving, having a sharp cutting edge, blade (a razor-blade), or electrically-powered revolving cutters

Arabic:	موسى الحِلاقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	剃刀
Chinese (Traditional):	剃刀
Czech:	holicí strojek
Danish:	barberkniv; barbermaskine
Dutch:	scheermes
Estonian:	habemenuga, pardel
Finnish:	partaveitsi, partakone
French:	rasoir
German:	das Rasiermesser
Greek:	ξυράφι, ξυριστική μηχανή
Hungarian:	borotva
Icelandic:	rakvél
Indonesian:	pisau cukur
Italian:	rasoio

Japanese:	かみそり
Korean:	면도칼
Latvian:	žilete
Lithuanian:	skustuvas, skutimosi peiliukas
Norwegian:	barberhøvel, *-maskin
Polish:	brzytwa, żyletka, golarka elektryczna
Portuguese (Brazil):	barbeador
Portuguese (Portugal):	navalha
Romanian:	aparat de ras
Russian:	бритва
Slovak:	holiaci strojček
Slovenian:	britev; brivnik
Spanish:	navaja, *maquinilla de afeitar
Swedish:	rakkniv, -hyvel
Turkish:	tıraş makinası

See also: razor-sharp

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Razor

Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased; p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.]

1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? --South.

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. --Beckford.

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. --Fuller.

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense rase is generally used.]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. --Chapman.

Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.

Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

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Razor

Ra"zor\, n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]

1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. "Take thee a barber's rasor." --Ezek. v. 1. -->

2. (Zo["o]l.) A task of a wild boar.

Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell.

Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.

Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker.

Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, & Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razor fish, knife handle.

Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.

Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.

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Razor

Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s["a]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[*a]g, Icel. s["o]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound.

Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc.

Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor.

Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table.

Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth.

Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held.

Saw gate, a saw frame.

Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass.

Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the Cladium Mariscus of Europe, and the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under Razor.

Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber.

Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running.

Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer.

Saw sharpener (Zo["o]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.]

Saw whetter (Zo["o]l.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.]

Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Razor

The Nazarites were forbidden to make use of the razor (Num. 6:5; Judg. 13:5). At their consecration the Levites were shaved all over with a razor (Num. 8:7; comp. Ps. 52:2; Ezek. 5:1).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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