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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..

Steam Engine :: Steamboating (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards..

Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) The common tern.

Discourageable :: Discourageable (a.) Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened.

Disheartenment :: Disheartenment (n.) Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

Hag :: Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.

Shearmen :: Shearmen (pl. ) of Shearma.

Snip :: Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..

Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..

Shear :: Shear (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..

Intimidate :: Intimidate (v. t.) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash..

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..

Clip :: Clip (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

Mishear :: Mishear (v. t. & i.) To hear incorrectly.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4..

Disanimate :: Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.

Shearling :: Shearling (n.) A sheep but once sheared.

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