Thesaurus: razor

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1. v. t. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.
2. v. t. A tusk of a wild boar.
3. n. edge tool used in shaving
4. v. shave with a razor
5. 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. (Zoöl.) A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphæna 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 (Zoöl.), the European goat-sucker. -- Razor shell (Zoöl.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, and 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.
6. A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A smallMediterranean fish (Coryphæna novacula), prized for the table. (b)The razor shell.-- Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), thetriangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharpteeth.-- Razor grinder (Zoöl.), the European goat-sucker.-- Razor shell (Zoöl.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solenand allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, andAmericana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell,resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also rasor clam, razorfish, knife handle.-- Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.-- Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpeningrazors.
7. v:2/n:98 n. edge tool used in shaving v. shave with a razor