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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..

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

Forfex :: Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.

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

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

Sheard :: Sheard (n.) See Shard.

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

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

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..

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

Disheart :: Disheart (v. t.) To dishearten.

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

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.

Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) Same as Shearling.

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.

Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.

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

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..

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