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razor
[Ar].
A type of tool known from the European Bronze Age which comprises a thin bronze blade, often double-edged, which is believed to have been used for removing facial or body hair. A number of different styles can be recognized including bi-fid, horseshoe, Hallstatt, Scandinavian Terramara, quadrangular, and crescentic forms.
RCAHMS
[Ab].
RCAHMW
[Ab].
RCHM
(RCHM(E)/RCHME)
[Ab].
RCYBP
[Ab].
Radiocarbon years before present. See
RADIOCARBON DATING
and
CONVENTIONAL RADIOCARBON AGE
.
Re
[Di].
See
RA
.
reamer
[Ar].
A blacksmith's tool in the form of a tapered square-sectioned rod that is used to expand a hole in a piece of thin or soft metal by rotating the reamer in the hole while pushing down on the top.

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