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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RA'ZOR, n. [L. rasus, rado, to scrape.]
An instrument for shaving off beard or hair. Razors of a boar, a boar's tusks.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: edge tool used in shaving v
1: shave with a razor

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English rasour, from Anglo-French rasur, from raser to raze, shave — more at rase Date: 14th century a keen-edged cutting instrument for shaving or cutting hair

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. an instrument with a sharp blade used in cutting hair esp. from the skin. --v.tr. 1 use a razor on. 2 shave; cut down close. Phrases and idioms: razor-back an animal with a sharp ridged back, esp. a rorqual. razor-bill an auk, Alca torda, with a sharp-edged bill. razor-blade a blade used in a razor, esp. a flat piece of metal with a sharp edge or edges used in a safety razor. razor-cut a haircut made with a razor. razor- (or razor's) edge 1 a keen edge. 2 a sharp mountain-ridge. 3 a critical situation (found themselves on a razor-edge). 4 a sharp line of division. razor-fish (or -shell) any of various bivalve molluscs of the family Solenidae, with a shell like the handle of a cutthroat razor. Etymology: ME f. OF rasor (as RAZE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Razor Ra"zor, n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] 1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head. ``Take thee a barber's rasor.''

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(razors) A razor is a tool that people use for shaving. N-COUNT

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Nazarites were forbidden to make use of the razor (Num. 6:5; Judg. 13:5). At their consecration the Levites were shaved all over with a razor (Num. 8:7; comp. Ps. 52:2; Ezek. 5:1).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ra'-zer (ta`ar, "knife" (Nu 6:5; Ps 52:2; Isa 7:20; Eze 5:1), morah, "razor" (Jud 13:5; 16:17; 1Sa 1:11)).

See BARBER; HAIR.