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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..

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of reaping.

Clip :: Clip (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

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

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.

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

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..

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.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears..

Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..

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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..

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

Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..

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

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

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..

Hackbolt :: Hackbolt (n.) The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.

Sheartail :: Sheartail (n.) The common tern.

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