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121Playoff beard — A playoff beard is the superstitious practice of a National Hockey League player not shaving his beard during the Stanley Cup playoffs. The player stops shaving when his team enters the playoffs and does not shave until his team is eliminated or… …
122Drawknife — A drawknife is a traditional woodworking hand tool used to shape wood by removing shavings. It consists of a blade with a handle at each end. The blade is much longer (along the cutting edge) than it is deep (from cutting edge to back edge). It… …
123Glabrousness — (from Latin glaber = bald, hairless) is the technical term for an anatomically abnormal lack of hair or down. This may be due to a physical condition, such as alopecia universalis, which causes hair to fall out and/or prevents its growth. More… …
124Grantville Gazette V — infobox Book | |infoboxwidth=220px|imagewidth=200px name = Grantville Gazette V author = Eric Flint, et al. image caption = cover artist = Louis le Nain country = United States language = English series = 1632 series genre = Alternate history… …
125hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …
126razor — razorless, adj. /ray zeuhr/, n. 1. a sharp edged instrument used esp. for shaving the face or trimming the hair. 2. an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose. v.t. 3. to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor. 4. on… …
127shave — shavable, shaveable, adj. /shayv/, v., shaved, shaved or (esp. in combination) shaven, shaving, n. v.i. 1. to remove a growth of beard with a razor. v.t. 2. to remove hair from (the face, legs, etc.) by cutting it off close to the skin with a… …
128shave — [[t]ʃe͟ɪv[/t]] shaves, shaving, shaved 1) VERB When a man shaves, he removes the hair from his face using a razor or shaver so that his face is smooth. He took a bath and shaved before dinner... [V n] He had shaved his face until it was smooth …
