Definition of sheer

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Sheer (n.) A turn or change in a course.

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Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) A turn or change in a course.
Main :: Main (a.) Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
Plank-sheer :: Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
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..
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 (n.) Shears See Shear.
Sheer :: Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite; at once.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side..
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..
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..
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. i.) Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Sheer :: Sheer (v. t.) To shear.
Quicken :: Quicken (a.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced..
Shear :: Shear (v. i.) To deviate. See Sheer.
Sheered :: Sheered (imp. & p. p.) 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..
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