01 n. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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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.
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3.
Same as Shearling. See: Shearling
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4.
The act or operation of reaping.[Scot.]
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The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
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6.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
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7.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.(Mining)
Phrases & compounds
Shearing machine —
A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal