Definition of shear

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Shear (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

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Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.
Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth..
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..
Unman :: Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.
Hag :: Hag (n.) The hagdon or shearwater.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.
Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) Same as Shearling.
Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
Shears :: Shears (n.) A pair of wings.
Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass..
Shearling :: Shearling (n.) A sheep but once sheared.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4..
Stress :: Stress (n.) The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress..
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..
Shearman :: Shearman (n.) One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
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