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paring

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par·ing  (pârng)
n.
1. Something, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
2. The act of removing the outer covering or skin.
paring
Noun
something that has been cut off something
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Noun1.paringparing - a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
shaving, sliver
fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
splint - a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
turning - a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
2.paring - (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off; especially the skin or peel; "she could peel an apple with a single long paring"
object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
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There was the comb I had contrived out of the stumps of the king's beard, and another of the same materials, but fixed into a paring of her majesty's thumb-nail, which served for the back.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Edward having obeyed him, he took an elegant little knife from his pocket, and paring his nails, continued:
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
said Roker, appealing to another man in the lodge, who was paring the mud off his shoes with a five-and- twenty-bladed pocket-knife.
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