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Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To reap, as grain..

Reanimate :: Reanimate (v. t.) To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits..

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..

Dispirited :: Dispirited (a.) Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

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

Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..

Shears :: Shears (n.) A pair of wings.

Sheared :: Sheared (imp.) of Shea.

Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..

Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..

Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Disheartened :: Disheartened (imp. & p. p.) of Dishearte.

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

Dispirit :: Dispirit (v. t.) To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Shorn :: Shorn () p. p. of Shear.

Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

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