Definition of shears

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

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Sheer :: Sheer (n.) Shears See Shear.
Shears :: Shears (n.) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle..
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..
Shears :: Shears (n.) A cutting instrument.
Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth..
Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.
Shears :: Shears (n.) Anything in the form of shears.
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin..
Sheep-shearer :: Sheep-shearer (n.) One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep..
Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..
Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
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..
Forfex :: Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.
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..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..
Scissor :: Scissor (v. t.) To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth..
Shears :: Shears (n.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe..
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