The Collaborative International Dictionary
Razor \Ra"zor\ (r[=a]"z[~e]r), n. [OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.]
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor. ``Take thee a barber's razor.''
--Ezek. v. 1.a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor.
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(Zo["o]l.) A tusk of a wild boar. Razor fish. (Zo["o]l.)
A small Mediterranean fish ( Coryph[ae]na novacula), prized for the table.
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The razor shell.
Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant ( Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth.
Razor grinder (Zo["o]l.), the European goat-sucker.
Razor shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle.
Razor stone. Same as Novaculite.
Razor strap, or razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors.
Usage examples of "knife handle".
She was as strong as a cow and was crawling across the floor and pulling him along as he hung tight to the thick, wooden butcher knife handle.
The burly man who had carried the old woman brought a log, put a fur robe on it, then stood to the side with his hand on his knife handle.
Her scrabbling fingers, numbed from the tightness of the nylon cord, finally grasped the knife handle and drew it out.
He bent and crossed the gladiator's hands around the protruding knife handle, then removed the knife and placed it in the limp hands.
The knife handle felt hard and rough in his pocket, useless against decent armor.
All the while Ramon clung onto the knife handle and twisted the blade in and out, back and forth in a 180-degree semicircle.
It took some effort and removed the skin from his knuckles but, as the knife handle cameinto line with the top edge of the V, Steve felt the right-hand side of the rock face move.