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

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..

Crew :: Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

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

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..

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

Dishearten :: Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

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..

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

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

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

Unheart :: Unheart (v. t.) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth..

Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Disheart :: Disheart (v. t.) To dishearten.

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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A cutting instrument.

Shern :: Shern (n.) See Shearn.

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