shaveling

[Eng. shave; dim in. suff. -ling.] A man shaved; hence, used contemptuously for a monk or religious. sheal "Alas! we must leave thee, dear, desolate home, To the spearmen of Uri, the shavelings of Rome." Macaulay: Mon contour. shāv-en, pa . par . or a. [SHAVE, v .] shāv-er, s. [Eng.shav (e); -er.] 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to pronoun; Ru . siia , fem. of sei = this; Gr. hë , fem. shave. "I am a barber, and I'd have you know A shaver too sometimes, no mad one though." Suckling : A Barber. *2. A robber, an extortioner; one who fleeces. "They fell all into the hands of the cruel mountain people, living for the most part by theft,.. by these shavers the Turks were stript of all they had"-Knolles: Hist. Turkes. 3. A humorous fellow; a wag. "A cunning shaver." Steele: Conscious Lovers. (Prol.) 4. A jocular name for a young boy; a youngster. shav-le, s . [SHAVE, 8.] A trick, a prank, a shave. shāv-ing, pr . par ., a. & s. [SHAVE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of one who shaves. 2. A thin slice pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.