Shave

shav, v.t. to cut off the hair with a razor to pare closely to make smooth by paring to cut in thin slices to skim along the surface to strip:-~pa.p. shaved or shav'en. [A.S scafan Dut schaven, to rub, to shave, Ger. tchabetu, I., sca be, to scrape, Gr. skaptO, to dig. Sec Shape.] 402 fate, far me, her mine; Sheepish