Definition of sheer

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Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

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Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Surfeit :: Surfboat (n.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin..
Tabasheer :: Tabasheer (n.) A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases..
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The widest part of a vessel below the plank-sheer.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense..
Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.
Sheer :: Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.
Stark :: Stark (n.) Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Sheered :: Sheered (imp. & p. p.) of Shee.
String :: String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..
Sheerwater :: Sheerwater (n.) The shearwater.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.
Sheerly :: Sheerly (adv.) At once; absolutely.
Sheering :: Sheering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shee.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..
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