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Shearing :: Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shea.

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..

Shearbill :: Shearbill (n.) The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

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

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

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

Mishear :: Mishear (v. t. & i.) To hear incorrectly.

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

Disheartened :: Disheartened (imp. & p. p.) of Dishearte.

Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Shorling :: Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing..

Sheared :: Sheared (imp.) of Shea.

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

Procellarian :: Procellarian (n.) One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather..

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..

Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

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

Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..

Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree..

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

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