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Wind :: Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..

Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Shearer :: Shearer (n.) A reaper.

Steam Engine :: Steamboating (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards..

Shore :: Shore () imp. of Shear.

Disheartenment :: Disheartenment (n.) Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

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..

Crew :: Crew (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Shearman :: Shearman (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Scraber :: Scraber (n.) The Manx shearwater.

Shearmen :: Shearmen (pl. ) of Shearma.

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth..

Shearn :: Shearn (n.) Dung; excrement.

Shern :: Shern (n.) See Shearn.

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..

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..

Shearling :: Shearling (n.) A sheep but once sheared.

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

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

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