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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..

Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..

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

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

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..

Shears :: Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe..

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin..

Sheep-shearer :: Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep..

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

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

Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..

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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A pair of wings.

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..

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

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

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