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razormore about razor

razor

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Razor  \Ra"zor\,  n.  [OE.  rasour,  OF  rasur,  LL  rasor:  cf  F. 
  rasoir,  LL  rasorium  See  {Raze},  v.  t.,  {Rase},  v.  t.] 
  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.'' 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  razor 
  n  :  used  in  shaving 
  v  :  shave  with  a  razor 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Razor 
  The  Nazarites  were  forbidden  to  make  use  of  the  razor  (Num.  6:5; 
  Judg.  13:5).  At  their  consecration  the  Levites  were  shaved  all 
  over  with  a  razor  (Num.  8:7;  comp.  Ps  52:2;  Ezek.  5:1). 
 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RAZOR,  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.




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