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ShearingShear Shear, v. t. [imp. Shearedor Shore;p. p. Sheared
or Shorn; p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren,
scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran;
akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr. ???.
Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn
aside.]
1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like
instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from
sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;
to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to
shear a fleece.
Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
--Shak.
3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See
Shear, n., 4. ShearingShearing 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. Shearing machineShearing 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. shearing stressShear Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
formerly also in the singular. See Shears.
On his head came razor none, nor shear. --Chaucer.
Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
--Dryden.
2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
. . at the expiration of another year, he is a
three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
from the time of shearing. --Youatt.
3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which
tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
tangential stress.
4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
machine.
Shear hulk. See under Hulk.
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
to increase its malleability and fineness of texture. Sheep-shearing
Sheep-shearing Sheep"-shear`ing, n.
1. Act of shearing sheep.
2. A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. --Shak.
Meaning of Hearing from wikipedia
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Hearing, or
auditory perception, is the
ability to
perceive sounds through an organ, such as an ear, by
detecting vibrations as
periodic changes in the...
- Audiology.
Hearing loss is a
partial or
total inability to hear.
Hearing loss may be
present at
birth or
acquired at any time afterwards.
Hearing loss may...
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Hearing range describes the
frequency range that can be
heard by
humans or
other animals,
though it can also
refer to the
range of levels. The
human range...
- In law, a
hearing is the
formal examination of a case (civil or criminal)
before a judge. It is a
proceeding before a
court or
other decision-making body...
- A
hearing aid is a
device designed to
improve hearing by
making sound audible to a
person with
hearing loss.
Hearing aids are
classified as
medical devices...
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Hearing Australia is a
statutory authority constituted under the
Australian Hearing Services Act 1991.
Hearing Australia is the
largest provider of government-funded...
- A
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- up
hearing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hearing is the
sense by
which sound is perceived.
Hearing or The
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- A
Molineux hearing is a New York
State pre-trial
hearing on the
admissibility of
evidence of
prior charged or
uncharged crimes by the
defendant in a criminal...
- jurisdictions, a
preliminary hearing,
preliminary examination,
preliminary inquiry,
evidentiary hearing or
probable cause hearing is a proceeding,
after a...
