About The Word Shearing
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Shearing
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What's The Definition Of Shearing?
[n] removing by cutting off or clipping
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shearing: Related Terms | Find terms related to Shearing: See Also | cut | cutting | cutting off | sheepshearing Shearing In Webster's Dictionary \Shear"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing
machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. 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.
3. Same as {Shearling}. --Youatt.
4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the
shearing of metal plates.
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in
working into a face of coal.
{Shearing machine}.
(a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing
plates or bars of metal.
(b) A machine for shearing cloth.
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