safety razor

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“safety razor” is listed under Razor.

Origin: OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, transitive verb, Rase, transitive verb

1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor. “Take thee a barber's razor.” Ezek. v. 1.

2. a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls — called a disposable razor.

3. Zoology A tusk of a wild boar.

Razor fish. Zoology (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphaena novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. — Razor grass Botany, a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. — Razor grinder Zoology, the European goat-sucker. — Razor shell Zoology, any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54