paring

Noun
Synonyms: slivershaving

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from somethingSynonyms: slivershaving
  2. (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel“she could peel an apple with a single long paring”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pare \Pare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pared; p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare.]

1.To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof. [1913 Webster]

2.To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies. [1913 Webster]

3.Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen. [1913 Webster]

The king began to pare a little the privilege of clergy.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
Paring \Par"ing\, n. [From Pare, v. t.]

1.The act of cutting off the surface or extremites of anything. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is pared off. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Pare off the surface of the earth, and with the parings raise your hills.— Mortimer.[1913 Webster]
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