To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
To chatter, talk.
A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries.
A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules.
A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).