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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pared}; p. pr & vb n.
{Paring}.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or
curry, as leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry,
ward off fr L. parare to prepare. Cf {Empire}, {Parade},
{Pardon}, {Parry}, {Prepare}.]
1. To cut off or shave off the superficial substance or
extremities of as to pare an apple; to pare a horse's
hoof.
2. To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin,
ring, or outside part from anything -- followed by off
or away as to pare off the ring of fruit; to pare away
redundancies.
3. Fig.: To diminish the bulk of to reduce; to lessen.
The king began to pare a little the privilege of
clergy. --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
pare
v 1: decrease gradually or bit by bit [syn: {pare down}]
2: cut small bits or pare shavings from "whittle a piece of
wood" [syn: {whittle}]
3: strip the skin off (fruit, for example) [syn: {skin}, {peel}]
4: remove the edges from: "trim the picture" [syn: {trim}]
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