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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..

Shears :: Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.

Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) Shears See Shear.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

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

Lambale :: Lambale (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.

Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Scissor :: Scissor (v. t.) To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.

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

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

Deject :: Deject (v. t.) To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears..

Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.

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

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of reaping.

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