| slovo | definícia |
shear
(mass) | shear
- strih, shear/sheared/sheared, ostrihať, strihať |
shear
(encz) | shear,ostříhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shear
(encz) | shear,shear/sheared/sheared v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
shear
(encz) | shear,shear/sheared/shorn v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
shear
(encz) | shear,smyk n: Zdeněk Brož |
shear
(encz) | shear,střih n: Zdeněk Brož |
shear
(encz) | shear,stříhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shear
(encz) | shear,žnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Shear
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
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On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
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3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
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4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
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Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
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Shear
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\, v. i.
1. To deviate. See Sheer.
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2. (Engin.) To become more or less completely divided, as a
body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two
contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction
parallel to their plane of contact.
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Shear
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p.
Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE.
sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
Gr. ???. Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to
turn aside.]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
shear a fleece.
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Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
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3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
Shear, n., 4.
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shear
(wn) | shear
n 1: (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel
planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction
parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the
quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
2: a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade
through it
v 1: cut with shears; "shear hedges"
2: shear the wool from; "shear sheep" [syn: fleece, shear]
3: cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
4: become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing
strain |
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disheartenment
(mass) | disheartenment
- depresie |
shear
(mass) | shear
- strih, shear/sheared/sheared, ostrihať, strihať |
sheared
(mass) | sheared
- shear/sheared/sheared |
shear/sheared/sheared
(msas) | shear/sheared/sheared
- shear, sheared |
shear/sheared/sheared
(msasasci) | shear/sheared/sheared
- shear, sheared |
dishearten
(encz) | dishearten,deprimovat v: Zdeněk Broždishearten,sklíčit v: Zdeněk Brož |
disheartened
(encz) | disheartened, adj: |
disheartening
(encz) | disheartening,beroucí odvahu adj: Pinodisheartening,deprimující adj: Pinodisheartening,skličující adj: Pino |
disheartenment
(encz) | disheartenment,deprese n: Zdeněk Broždisheartenment,sklíčenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
elasticity of shear
(encz) | elasticity of shear, n: |
mishear
(encz) | mishear,přeslechnout v: Zdeněk Brožmishear,špatně slyšet Zdeněk Brož |
misheard
(encz) | misheard,slyšený špatně Zdeněk Brož |
pinking shears
(encz) | pinking shears, |
pruning shears
(encz) | pruning shears, n: |
shear
(encz) | shear,ostříhat v: Zdeněk Brožshear,shear/sheared/sheared v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladshear,shear/sheared/shorn v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladshear,smyk n: Zdeněk Brožshear,střih n: Zdeněk Brožshear,stříhat v: Zdeněk Brožshear,žnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
sheared
(encz) | sheared,ostříhaný adj: Zdeněk Brožsheared,shear/sheared/sheared v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladsheared,shear/sheared/shorn v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladsheared,stříhaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shearer
(encz) | shearer,střihač n: Zdeněk Brož |
shearing
(encz) | shearing,stříhání n: Zdeněk Brožshearing,střihání ovcí adj: Zdeněk Brožshearing,ukusování n: Jirka Daněk |
shears
(encz) | shears,nůžky Zdeněk Brožshears,velké nůžky Zdeněk Brož |
shearwater
(encz) | shearwater,druh ptáka n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheepshearing
(encz) | sheepshearing, n: |
sheet shears
(encz) | sheet shears,řezačka plechu n: nástroj k řezání plechových plátů na
principu gillotiny nebo též řezačky papíru MPEG |
thinning shears
(encz) | thinning shears, n: |
unsheared
(encz) | unsheared, adj: |
wind shear
(encz) | wind shear, |
shear/sheared/sheared
(czen) | shear/sheared/sheared,shearv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladshear/sheared/sheared,shearedv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
shear/sheared/shorn
(czen) | shear/sheared/shorn,shearv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladshear/sheared/shorn,shearedv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladshear/sheared/shorn,shornv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Disheart
(gcide) | Disheart \Dis*heart"\, v. t.
To dishearten. [Obs.]
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Dishearten
(gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
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Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
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Disheartened
(gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
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Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster]disheartened \dis*heart"ened\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd), adj.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest
disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic
(vs. optimistic)]
Syn: demoralized, discouraged.
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disheartened
(gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
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Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster]disheartened \dis*heart"ened\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd), adj.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest
disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic
(vs. optimistic)]
Syn: demoralized, discouraged.
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Disheartening
(gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
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Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster]disheartening \disheartening\ adj.
Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
Syn: demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting.
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disheartening
(gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
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Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster]disheartening \disheartening\ adj.
Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
Syn: demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting.
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disheartenment
(gcide) | disheartenment \dis*heart"en*ment\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n*ment), n.
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
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Garden shears
(gcide) | Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin,
jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G.
garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]
1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of
herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.
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2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
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I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy,
The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak.
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Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining
compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden
walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse.
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Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering
gardens.
Garden glass.
(a) A bell glass for covering plants.
(b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal,
to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an
ornament in gardens in Germany.
Garden house
(a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl.
(b) A privy. [Southern U.S.]
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds,
fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is
fit for a garden. --Mortimer.
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick
walls. --Knight.
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc.,
to protect them from birds.
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the
grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot.
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump.
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges,
pruning, etc.
Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira
diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America.
It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and
Spider web.
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots.
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.]
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling
them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc.
Hanging garden. See under Hanging.
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated
for household use.
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are
cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
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Manx shearwater
(gcide) | Manx \Manx\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as,
the Manx language.
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Manx shearwater .
[1913 Webster]Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Mishear
(gcide) | Mishear \Mis*hear"\, v. t. & i.
To hear incorrectly.
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Pruning shears
(gcide) | Pruning \Prun"ing\, n.
1. The act of trimming, or removing what is superfluous.
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2. (Falconry) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her
feathers; leavings. --Beau. & Fl.
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Pruning hook, or Pruning knife, cutting instrument used
in pruning trees, etc.
Pruning shears, shears for pruning trees, vines, etc.
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Rotary shears
(gcide) | Shears \Shears\, n. pl. [Formerly used also in the singular. See
Shear, n., 1.]
1. A cutting instrument. Specifically:
(a) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with
bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both
sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting
cloth and other substances.
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Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in
twain. --Pope.
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(b) A similar instrument the blades of which are
extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing
sheep or skins.
(c) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades,
working against a resisting edge.
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2. Anything in the form of shears. Specifically:
(a) A pair of wings. [Obs.] --Spenser.
(b) 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.
[Written also sheers.]
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3. (Mach.) 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.
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Rotary shears. See under Rotary.
[1913 Webster]Rotary \Ro"ta*ry\, a. [L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v., and cf.
barouche, Rodomontade, Rou['e], Round, a., Rowel.]
Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or
resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as,
rotary motion.
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Rotary engine, steam engine in which the continuous
rotation of the shaft is produced by the direct action of
the steam upon rotating devices which serve as pistons,
instead of being derived from a reciprocating motion, as
in the ordinary engine; a steam turbine; -- called also
rotatory engine.
Rotary pump, a pump in which the fluid is impelled by
rotating devices which take the place of reciprocating
buckets or pistons.
Rotary shears, shears, as for cloth, metal, etc., in which
revolving sharp-edged or sharp-cornered wheels do the
cutting.
Rotary valve, a valve acting by continuous or partial
rotation, as in the four-way cock.
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Shear blade
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
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On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
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3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
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4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
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Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
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Shear hulk
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
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On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
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3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
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4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
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Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
[1913 Webster]Hulk \Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift
ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho;
perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf. Wolf, Holcad.]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some
well-timbered hulk." --Spenser.
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2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat.
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3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak.
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Shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
take out the masts of a ship.
The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens.
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Shear steel
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
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On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
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3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
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4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
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Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
[1913 Webster]Shear steel \Shear steel\
See under Shear.
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Shearbill
(gcide) | Shearbill \Shear"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
[1913 Webster]Skimmer \Skim"mer\, n.
1. One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which
liquids are skimmed.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the
genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the
lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper
one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the
water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out
small fishes. The American species (Rhynchops nigra) is
common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called
also scissorbill, and shearbill.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes
used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large
scallops.
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shearbill
(gcide) | Shearbill \Shear"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
The black skimmer. See Skimmer.
[1913 Webster]Skimmer \Skim"mer\, n.
1. One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which
liquids are skimmed.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the
genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the
lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper
one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the
water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out
small fishes. The American species (Rhynchops nigra) is
common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called
also scissorbill, and shearbill.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes
used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large
scallops.
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Sheard
(gcide) | Sheard \Sheard\, n.
See Shard. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from
the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a
fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See Shear,
and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like
brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
--Shak.
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The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E.
Arnold.
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2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
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They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.
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3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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sheard
(gcide) | Sheard \Sheard\, n.
See Shard. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from
the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a
fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skar[eth]. See Shear,
and cf. Sherd.] [Written also sheard, and sherd.]
1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like
brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
--Shak.
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The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. --E.
Arnold.
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2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
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They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.
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3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.
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4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Sheared
(gcide) | Shear \Shear\ (sh[=e]r), v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p.
Sheared or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE.
sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran,
scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re,
Gr. ???. Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to
turn aside.]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
shear a fleece.
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Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
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3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
Shear, n., 4.
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Shearer
(gcide) | Shearer \Shear"er\, n.
1. One who shears.
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Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. --Acts viii.
32.
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2. A reaper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
[1913 Webster]Cloth \Cloth\ (kl[o^]th; 115), n.; pl. Cloths (kl[o^][th]z;
115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes
(kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn]
cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan.
kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl[aum]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
others.
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2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
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I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
--Quarles.
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3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
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Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --Macaulay.
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The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor.
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Body cloth. See under Body.
Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
threads of gold.
Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which
cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
nap.
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