Definition of Raor
Ra"zor (rā"z&etilde;r), 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 razor."
Ezek. v. 1.
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2. (Zoöl.) A tusk 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 European
goat-sucker. -- Razor shell
(Zoöl.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen
and allied genera, especially Solen, or Ensatella, ensis, ∧
Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell,
resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam,
razor fish, knife handle. -- Razor
stone. Same as Novaculite. -- Razor
strap, or Razor strop, a strap or
strop used in sharpening razors.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty,
by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself, and by the Afro-American to
affirm his worth.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.
- The tusk of a wild boar.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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