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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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Sheared :: Sheared (p. p.) of Shea.

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

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

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

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

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) Same as Shearling.

Flock :: Flock (sing. / pl.) Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose..

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

Shearman :: Shearman (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Wind :: Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

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..

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

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

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

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.) A cutting instrument.

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

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..

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..