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31 words match “RAZOR”

RAZOR n. 2 definitions

A task of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphæna novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. -- Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. -- Razor grinder (Zoöl.), the Europea…

RAZOR-BACKED a.

Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.

Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [R.] Shak.

RAZORBILL n. 2 definitions

A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.

Not shaven. [R.] Milton.

irds of the family Alcidæ. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre.

A kind of cutting weapon with a thick back and thin razorlike edge, used by the Moros of the Philippine Islands.

Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. Dryden.

a bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.

The razorbill. [Written also falc, and faik.] [Prov. Eng.]

FEATHER-EDGE n.

Any thin, as on a board or a razor.

The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk. [Written also gairfowl, and gurfel.]

HONE n. 2 definitions

substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge. A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene. Chaucer. That my keen knife see not the wound it makes. Shak.

LACONIC; LACONICAL a.

like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.

The razor-billed auk. See Auk.

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

. It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.

The razorbill. [Orkney Islands]