shaving

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A thin slice or sliver, as of wood or metal, that is shaved off.
2. n. The act of one that shaves.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The act of one who shaves; the removal of the beard or hair of the head with a razor; the use of a razor for removing the beard.
2. n. A thin slice pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument; especially, a thin slice of wood cut off by a plane or a planing-machine.
3. n. In leather manufacturing, a process which follows skiving, and consists in removing inequalities and roughnesses by means of the curriers' knife, leaving the leather of uniform thickness, and with a fine smooth surface on the flesh side.
4. n. The act of fleecing or defrauding; swindling.

Wiktionary

1. n. A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2. v. present participle of shave.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
2. n. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the act of brushing against while passing
2. n. the act of removing hair with a razor
3. n. a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something