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sheer
(encz) | sheer,čirý adj: PetrV |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,čistý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,hotový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,jemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,kolmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,pouhý adj: PetrV |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,průsvitný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,příkrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,příkře Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,srázně Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,srázný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,strmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer
(encz) | sheer,úplný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, adv.
Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. t. [See Shear.]
To shear. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
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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To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.
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Sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr;
akin to sk[imac]rr, AS. sc[imac]r, OS. sk[imac]ri, MHG.
sch[imac]r, G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk[aum]r, Goth. skeirs
clear, and E. shine. [root]157. See Shine, v. i.]
1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. "Sheer ale." --Shak.
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Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain. --Shak.
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2. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer
muslin.
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3. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere;
downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. "A sheer
impossibility." --De Quincey.
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It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings
to one's bow. --M. Arnold.
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4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
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A sheer precipice of a thousand feet. --J. D.
Hooker.
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It was at least
Nine roods of sheer ascent. --Wordsworth.
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sheer
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adv 1: straight up or down without a break [syn: sheer,
perpendicularly]
2: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
adj 1: complete and without restriction or qualification;
sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute
freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-
and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider";
"many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: absolute,
downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down,
sheer(a)]
2: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer,
unmingled, unmixed]
3: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a
bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England
rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: bluff, bold,
sheer]
4: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil";
"filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";
"gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent
chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy,
gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer,
transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut]
2: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
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sheer
(encz) | sheer,čirý adj: PetrVsheer,čistý adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,hotový adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,jemný adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,kolmý adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,pouhý adj: PetrVsheer,průsvitný adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,příkrý adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,příkře Zdeněk Brožsheer,srázně Zdeněk Brožsheer,srázný adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,strmý adj: Zdeněk Brožsheer,úplný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheer junk
(encz) | sheer junk,naprostý brak Mgr. Dita Gálovásheer junk,úplný Mgr. Dita Gálová |
sheerest
(encz) | sheerest,nejčistší adj: Zdeněk Brožsheerest,nejjasnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sheerness
(encz) | sheerness,jemnost n: Zdeněk Brožsheerness,kolmost n: Zdeněk Brožsheerness,průsvitnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Plank-sheer
(gcide) | Plank-sheer \Plank"-sheer`\, n. (Shipbuilding)
The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of
a vessel's frame.
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Sheer batten
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer boom
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer draught
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
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Sheer hulk
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer plan
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer pole
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheer strake
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Sheered
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
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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To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.
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Sheering
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
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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To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.
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Sheerly
(gcide) | Sheerly \Sheer"ly\, adv.
At once; absolutely. [Obs.]
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sheers
(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.
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Sheerwater
(gcide) | Sheerwater \Sheer"wa`ter\, n. (Zool.)
The shearwater.
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tabasheer
(gcide) | tabasheer \tab`a*sheer"\ (t[a^]b`[.a]*sh[=e]r"), n. [Per.
tab[=a]sh[imac]r: cf. Skr. tvakksh[imac]r[=a],
tvaksh[imac]r[=a].]
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.
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To break sheer
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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To sheer off
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
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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To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.
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To sheer up
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sheered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See
Shear.]
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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To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move
away.
To sheer up, to approach obliquely.
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sheer
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adv 1: straight up or down without a break [syn: sheer,
perpendicularly]
2: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
adj 1: complete and without restriction or qualification;
sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute
freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-
and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider";
"many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: absolute,
downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down,
sheer(a)]
2: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer,
unmingled, unmixed]
3: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a
bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England
rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: bluff, bold,
sheer]
4: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil";
"filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";
"gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent
chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy,
gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer,
transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut]
2: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
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