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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress..

Dishearten :: Dishearten (v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Clip :: Clip (n.) A cutting; a shearing.

Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine..

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..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4..

Lambale :: Lambale (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

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

Disheartening :: Disheartening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dishearte.

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

Sheared :: Sheared (p. p.) of Shea.

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece..

Tubinares :: Tubinares (n. pl.) A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils..

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

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

Disanimate :: Disanimate (v. t.) To deprive of spirit; to dishearten.

Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.

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