Razor
['reɪzə] or ['rezɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.
(v. t.) A tusk of a wild boar.
Checker: Ophelia
Definition
n. a keen-edged implement for shaving: a tusk as the razors of a boar.—adj Rā′zorable (Shak.) fit to be shaved.—ns. Rā′zor-back a kind of baleen whale also called Rorqual Fin-back or Finner: a hog whose back has the form of a ridge; Rā′zor-bill a species of auk common on the coasts of the northern Atlantic; Rā′zor-blade -clam -fish -shell a bivalve mollusc with an elongated narrow shell; Rā′zor-hone a hone for sharpening razors; Rā′zor-paste a paste for spreading on a razor-strop; Rā′zor-strop a strop for razors.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a razor, portends disagreements and contentions over troubles. To cut yourself with one, denotes that you will be unlucky in some deal which you are about to make. Fighting with a razor, foretells disappointing business, and that some one will keep you harassed almost beyond endurance. A broken or rusty one, brings unavoidable distress.
Edited by Jeremy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself and by the Afro-American to affirm his worth.
Editor: Percival
Examples
- Well, I never saw such a game as that,' said the gentleman who had offered the razor, whose name appeared to be Price. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- How is a Razor Blade Made? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then he cut off the other braid but without pulling on it and the razor made a small cut on my ear and I saw blood come from it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You'd better have the loan of my razor this morning, Mr. Ayresleigh,' said the man who was stirring the fire, tipping the wink to his friend the boy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I trembled; the razor was in my hand, but I could not move. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Better for him that his beard had never grown, for the National Razor shaved him close. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The razor is sharp. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If he was crazy, the sooner I could get out from under the razor the better. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The first rake of his razor loosened the very hide from my face and lifted me out of the chair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At last the old spirits who had been with me so often before whispered in my ear that the time was come, and thrust the open razor into my hand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I replaced the razor in its usual drawer, unfastened the door, and called loudly for assistance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The French left might be swung back south-eastwardly on Verdun, as a pivot, and crowded back upon its right, as one shuts an open razor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You know where they keep the razor. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In making razors, the workman, being furnished with a bar of cast steel, forges his blade from it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With your permission, he said and wrapped his razors in newspaper. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The best scissors, penknives, razors and lancets are made of cast steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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