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Definition of shear

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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..

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Woolfell :: Woolfell (n.) A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled.

Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.

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

Share :: Share (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..

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

Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened.

Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

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

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

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..

Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.

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..

Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..

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

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

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..

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..

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