A close run; a narrow escape from a collision.
·- obs. ·p.p. of Shave. II. Shave ·vt A thin slice; a shaving. III. Shave ·vt An exorbitant discou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a coppice, or little wood. Kent. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
That useful instrument similar to the carpenter's drawing-knife, for smoothing rounds or hollows. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book