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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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Sheer :: Sheer (n.) Shears See Shear.

Shorn :: Shorn () p. p. of Shear.

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

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

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

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..

Hagdon :: Hagdon (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., P. major, the greater shearwarter, and P. Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater..

Snip :: Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..

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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A pair of wings.

Belt :: Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep..

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

Shore :: Shore () imp. of Shear.

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..

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

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

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

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..

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