Definition of shears

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

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Shears :: Shears (n.) A pair of wings.
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..
Shearer :: Shearer (n.) One who shears.
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..
Forfex :: Forfex (n.) A pair of shears.
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..
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..
Shears :: Shears (n.) A cutting instrument.
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..
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth..
Clip :: Clip (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin..
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..
Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Shear :: Shear (v. t.) A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears..
Costotome :: Costotome (n.) An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections..
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..
Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..
Shears :: Shears (n.) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge..
Scissor :: Scissor (v. t.) To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
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