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ra⋅zor

  [rey-zer]
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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 -or 2

Related forms:
ra⋅zor⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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