
Noah Webster
Shaver
SHA'VER, noun
1. One that shaves or whose occupation is to shave.
2. One that is close in bargains or a sharp dealer.
This Lewis is a cunning shaver. Swift.
3. One that fleeces; a pillager; a punderer.
By these shavers the Turks werestripped of all they had. Knolles.
SHA'VER, noun A boy or young man. This word is still in common use in New England. It must be numbered among our original words.