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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paring  \Par"ing\,  n.  [From  {Pare},  v.  t.] 
  1.  The  act  of  cutting  off  the  surface  or  extremites  of 
  anything 
 
  2.  That  which  is  pared  off  --Pope. 
 
  Pare  off  the  surface  of  the  earth,  and  with  the 
  parings  raise  your  hills.  --Mortimer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paring 
  n  1:  a  thin  fragment  or  slice  (especially  of  wood)  that  has  been 
  shaved  from  something  [syn:  {sliver},  {shaving}] 
  2:  a  part  that  is  pared  or  cut  off  especially  skin  or  peel 
  [syn:  {parings}] 




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