A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the
legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
Shav"ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves;
specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a
shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving of
silver." Chaucer.
Shaving brush, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to
shaving it.
Shaw (sh), n. [OE. schawe, schae, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to
Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skgr.] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw.
Chaucer.
The green shaws, the merry green woods.
Howitt.
2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
[Scot.] Jamieson.
Shaw"fowl`, n. [Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl.] The representation or
image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson.
Shawl (?), n. [Per. & Hind. shl: cf. F. châle.] A square or oblong
cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used,
especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the
Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. --
Shawl goat (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.
Shawl, v. t. To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.
Shawm (?), n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm,
chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm,
and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use,
supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
[Written also shalm, shaum.] Otway.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute.
Drayton.
Shaw`nees" (?), n. pl.; sing. Shawnee (&?;). (Ethnol.) A tribe of North
American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but
were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.