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obs. p. p. of Shave. Chaucer. His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. Chaucer.

A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt. I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back. Sir W. Scott.

One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

See Drawing knife.

A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

To shave or dress the beard of. [Obs.]

One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons. Barber's itch. See under Itch.

e or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum. -- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like.

es in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial. The indeciduous and unshaven locks of Apollo. Sir T. Browne.

for drawing into wire. -- Roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use. -- Shaven latten, a thinner kind than black latten. -- White latten, a mixture of brass and tin.

Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins. Simmonds.

Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See Nott.

To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5.

To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee. Burrill. To poll a jury, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.

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