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Definition of shear

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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..

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Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.

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

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

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

Forfex :: Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.

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

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

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

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

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

Shore :: Shore () imp. of Shear.

Shearing :: Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Woolfell :: Woolfell (n.) A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.