A thin portion or sliver pared off the surface of something, usually as waste; a shaving or peeling. Usually in plural.

Chiefly British. A small piece or fragment of any relatively hard substance, typically one broken or split from a larger piece by means of a sharp…

A paring, a peeling; a smaller piece cut from a whole. Also figurative. Obsolete.

That which is pared off something; a shaving; a peeling; a scrap (of meat). Also: parings collectively, peel. Now Scottish (Shetland) and Irish En…

In plural or (occasionally) singular. Fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything, considered collectively; crumbs, leftovers, remnants. Obs…

With verbal nouns, nouns of action, and agent nouns, forming nouns, as off-cutting, off-shaving, off-standing, off-tracing, off-turning; off-fall, o…

The product of this action, a small piece clipped off, a cutting, paring, shaving; a shred of cloth, a portion pared from a coin, etc.

That which is peeled or pared from the outer skin of a fruit or vegetable; a piece of peel. Frequently with modifying word. Usually in plural.

concrete. A thing which is pinched or nipped off. rare.

(a) the action of the verb (also attributive); (b) concrete (in plural) fragments cut off in whittling, shavings; also figurative.