Sheep-shearing :: Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of shearing sheep.

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

Sheepback :: Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.

Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..

Sheepbite :: Sheepbite (v. i.) To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts..

Sheepbiter :: Sheepbiter (n.) One who practices petty thefts.

Sheepcot :: Sheepcot (n.) Alt. of Sheepcot.

Sheepcote :: Sheepcote (n.) A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

Sheepfold :: Sheepfold (n.) A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..

Sheepish :: Sheepish (a.) Of or pertaining to sheep.

Sheepish :: Sheepish (a.) Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Sheepmaster :: Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep..

Sheeprack :: Sheeprack (n.) The starling.

Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

Sheepshead :: Sheepshead (n.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it..

Sheepskin :: Sheepskin (n.) A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.

Sheepsplit :: Sheepsplit (n.) A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Sheepy :: Sheepy (a.) Resembling sheep; sheepish.

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.

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