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tonsura

tonsura, a shearing, clipping, trimming

tonsūra, ae, f. [tondeo],
  • a shearing, clipping; a pruning, trimming: quidam in anno bis tondent (oves) ac semestres faciunt tonsuras, wool-shearings, shearings, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 8: primae lana, Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 115: capillorum, Ov. A. A. 1, 517: vitis, Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257; 16, 37, 68, § 175.

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