| Pare (pare) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pare |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Pared (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Paring.] [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress
or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward
off, fr. L. |
To cut off, or shave off, the superficial
substance or extremities of] as, to pare an apple; to
pare a horse's hoof.
To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as
the skin, ring, or outside part, from anything; -- followed by
off or away; as; to pare off the ring of fruit;
to pare away redundancies.
Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce;
to lessen.
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