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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..

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins..

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

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

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

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

Scissors :: Scissors (n. pl.) A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth..

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

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

Shears :: Shears (n.) A cutting instrument.

Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.

Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin..

Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece..

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

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

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

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..

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