shave

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v. — Fur Trade

shear off close to the skin.

Quotations

1803

129 Shaved and Parchment Skins.

1933

For the fur ears on caps they use skins that have been cut and shaved by mice. . . .

1933

A dream about a fox meant, "mice are shaving your fur in some trap to-night."

2†v. — Slang, Obs.

discount (a note), often at excessive interest.

1839

The Notes of the Bank of Upper Canada can still be "shaved" at the Agent ' s Office at a discount of 1½ percent.