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n.
A sheep but once sheared.
n.
The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
v. t.
A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
v. t.
An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
n.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
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The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.
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Same as Shearling.
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Anything in the form of shears.
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The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
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One who shears.
v. t.
A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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Act of shearing sheep.
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One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
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Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
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One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
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A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.
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of Shearman
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A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
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A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
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