Plank-sheer :: Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

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

Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sheered :: Sheered (imp. & p. p.) of Shee.

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

Sheerly :: Sheerly (adv.) At once; absolutely.

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..

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