His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. --Chaucer.
2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface,
or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair
from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off
the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown
of the head; he shaved himself.
I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak.
The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving
the surface of the waving green. --Gay.
3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon.
4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or
touch lightly, in passing.
Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton.
5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]
{To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the
legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it
more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.]
2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
3.
(a) An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.]
(b) A premium paid for an extension of the time of
delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock
contract in any particular. [Cant, U.S.] --N. Biddle.
4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at
each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze;
as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.]
{Shave grass} (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under
{Equisetum}.
{Shave hook}, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a
sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and
handle.