Razor n. 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."
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.(Zool.) A tusk of a wild boar.
Razor fish. (Zool.) (a)A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphaena novacula), prized for the table.
Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.
Razor grinder (Zool.), the European goat-sucker.
Razor shell (Zool.), 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.
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