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shearer
(encz) | shearer,střihač n: Zdeněk Brož |
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.
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shearer
(gcide) | 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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shearer
(wn) | Shearer
n 1: Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn:
Shearer, Moira Shearer]
2: a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
3: a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other
animals |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
shearer
(encz) | shearer,střihač n: Zdeněk Brož |
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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Sheep-shearer
(gcide) | Sheep-shearer \Sheep"-shear`er\, n.
One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
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moira shearer
(wn) | Moira Shearer
n 1: Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn:
Shearer, Moira Shearer] |
shearer
(wn) | Shearer
n 1: Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn:
Shearer, Moira Shearer]
2: a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
3: a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other
animals |
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