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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..

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

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

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

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

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

Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.

Hagdon :: Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater..

Scissors :: Scissors (n. pl.) A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors..

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine..

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

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.) 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..

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

Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.

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

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

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.

Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep..

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