Definition of shear

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Shear (v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth..

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Hag :: Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.
Procellarian :: Procellarian (n.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather..
Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
Shears :: Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.
Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.
Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact..
Dispirit :: Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4..
Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
Shearer :: Shearer (n.) A reaper.
Disheart :: Disheart (v. t.) To dishearten.
Nott :: Nott (v. t.) To shear.
Disheartened :: Disheartened (imp. & p. p.) of Dishearte.
Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..
Shearling :: Shearling (n.) A sheep but once sheared.
Amate :: Amate (v. t.) To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt.
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.
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