Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
Milton.
Shat"ter, v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to
pieces by any force applied.
Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and
fly in many places.
Bacon.
Shat"ter, n. A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley
in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift.
{ Shat"ter-brained` (?), Shat"ter-pat`ed (?), } a. Disordered or
wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
Shat"ter*y (?), a. Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of
texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
Shave (?), obs. p. p. of Shave. Chaucer.
His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can.
Chaucer.
Shave, v. t. [imp. Shaved (?);p. p. Shaved or Shaven (&?;); p. pr. &
vb. n. Shaving.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D.
schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban,
Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, and probably to L. scabere to
scratch, to scrape. Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.] 1. To cut or pare off from
the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut
off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or
surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor
or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to
shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.
I'll shave your crown for this.
Shak.
The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of
the waving green.
Gay.