- (n.) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
- (n.) The act or operation of reaping.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Shear.
- (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.
- (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- (n.) The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep or the nap from cloth.
- (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
- (n.) Same as Shearling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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