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Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) A turn or change in a course.

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.

Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.

Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..

Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.

Main :: Main (a.) Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.

Berthing :: Berthing (n.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake..

Sheering :: Sheering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shee.

Sheer :: Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.

Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..

Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..

Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced..

Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.

Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

Tabasheer :: Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases..

Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

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