sha up, shawp (shap)

[A ibilated form of scaup1.] A husk or pod: as, a pea- sha up. [Scotch.] shave (shav), v.; pret. and pp. shaved (pp. sometimes shaven), ppr. shaving. [ 5555 [Colloq.] -8. A trick; a piece of knavery, especially in money matters; hence, by extension, any piece of deception. The deep gloom of apprehension at first "a shave of old Smith's," then a well-authenticated report. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, xii. And let any hook draw you either to a fencer's supper, or to a player's that acts such a part for a wager; for by this means you shall get experience, by being guilty to their abominable shaving . Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, p. 166. shaving-basin (sha'ving-bā"sn), n. Same as barber's basin (which see, under barber ). A brush the face. hold the soap and lather for shaving. same ult. source are scab, shab, scabby, shabby.] I. trans. 1. To remove by a slicing, paring, or sliding action of a keen-edged instrument; especially, to remove by cutting close to the skin with a razor: sometimes with off: as, to shave the beard. shave-hook (shāv'hük), n. A tool used for shaving-horse (shaving-hôrs), n. In carp., cleaning the surfaces of metal preparatory to a bench fitted with a clamping device, used to soldering, and for smoothing and dre ing off solder. Tinmen use a triangular plate of steel with drawing-knife. sharpened edges: plumbers have a stouter form of scraper. shaveling (shav'ling), n. [ shave + -ling1 .] A shaven person; hence, a friar or religious: an opprobrious term. Compare beardling . About him stood three priests, true shavelings, clean shorn, and polled. Motteux, tr. of Rabelais, iv. 45. It maketh no matter how thou live here, so thou have the favour of the pope and his shavelings. J. Bradford , Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 291. Then Monsieur le Curé offers you a pinch of snuff, or a poor soldier shows you his leg, or a shaveling his box. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vii. 16. Also the i seye that wee synne dedly in schavynge oure Berdes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 19. Neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard. Lev. xxi. 5. 2. To make bare by cutting off the hair, or the like: as, to shave the chin or head; also, to re- move the hair or beard of with a razor: as, to only by priests and shavelings , who dared not draw sword. shave a man: often used figuratively. Bot war the wel, if thou be waschen wyth water of schryfte, & polysed als playn as parchmen schauen. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. For I am shave as nye as any frere. Chaucer , Complaint to his Purse, 1. 19. The labourer with a bending scythe is seen, Shaving the surface of the waving green. Gay, Rural Sports, i. 41. 3. To cut down gradually by taking off thin shavings or parings: as, to shave shingles or hoops. And ten brode arowis held he there, Of which five in his right honde were, But they were shaven wel and dight, Noked and fethered aright. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 941. The third rule shall be, the making of some medley or mixture of earth with some other plants bruised or shaved either in leaf or root. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 528. 4. To skim along or near the surface of; pa very close to; come very near touching or grazing. Compare shave, n., 3. He scours the right-hand coast, sometimes the left; Now shaves with level wing the deep. Milton , P. L., ii. 634. 5. To strip; fleece; cheat; swindle. I have been shaved - mischiefe and a you sand divells cease him! - I have been shaved ! Marston, Dutch Courtezan, iii. 1. Shaven latten. See latten . - To shave notes, to purchase promi ory notes at a rate of discount greater than is customary. [U. S.]=Syn. 1 and 2. Peel , Shave off , etc. See parel, v. t. II. in trans. 1. To remove the beard with a razor; use a razor in removing the beard or hair from the face or head.-2. To be hard or extortionate in bargains; specifically, to purchase notes or securities at a greater discount than is common. [U. S.]