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- Shears - n. - A cutting instrument.
- Shears - n. - 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.
- Shears - n. - A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins.
- Shears - n. - A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
- Shears - n. - Anything in the form of shears.
- Shears - n. - A pair of wings.
- Shears - n. - 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.
- Shears - n. - 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.
- Shear - v. t. - To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
- Shearing - n. - 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.
- Shearing - n. - The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
- Snip - n. - A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
- Shears - n. - 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.
- Snip - v. t. - To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
- Lewisson - n. - A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
- Shear - v. t. - To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
- Clip - v. t. - To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
- Snip - n. - Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.