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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Raso(u)r, Razo(u)r, n.¹ Also: rass-, raiss-, res-, riss- and -oure, -ure, -er. [ME (c1290) and e.m.E. rasor, -ure, -our(e, -owre (Prompt. Parv.), -ere (Caxton), raysure, razor, OF rasor, -our, -ur (12th c.), razor (14th c.) f. raser Rase v.¹ Cf. OF rasoir (13th c.) f. late L. rasōrium.] A razor.(a) a1400 Leg. S. vii 55.
Na nocht wes brocht Rasoure of hevyd to schawe 1494 Loutfut MS 129a.
A licht hand to hald rasour nedil or pen 1498–9 Acta Conc. II 297.
Ane rasure and ane hanin [pr. havin] stane, the price x s. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 105.
Quhen schaiffyne is that ald schaik with a scharp rasour 1520 Mill Mediæv. Plays 173.
A ax a rassour a guly knyff 1587 Carmichael Etym. 4.
Novacula, a raser a1599 Rollock Wks. I 412.
Put ane rasour in ane bairnes hand, it will cut 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII 62.
Rasoris 1669 Edinb. B. Rec. X 61.
Razours 1679 Argyll Rentals II 25 Jan.
For a caice of razors £4 16 s. 1697 Foulis Acc. Bk. 220.
To Antonie to grind 4 razors(b) 1632 Edinb. Test. LVI 24.
Raisseris(c) 1652 Nicoll Diary 100.
His lug cuittit from the ruitt with a resour(d) c1615 Chron. Kings 180.
Rissoris(e) 1701 Aberd. Journal N. & Q. VI 185.
Rassors

b. lit. and in fig. context. As a type of sharpness. c1420 Ratis R. 1505.
As scharp rasour thow dyd ill slycht c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 6689.
Stelit hukis traist For mare na fychtis scharpe as ane rasoure 1535 Stewart 22481.
Steill that scharp as rasure schair 16.. Wode's Psalter lii.