SHEARS
\ʃˈi͡əz], \ʃˈiəz], \ʃ_ˈiə_z]\
Definitions of SHEARS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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A cutting instrument.
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A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
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Anything in the form of shears.
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A pair of wings.
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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.
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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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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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A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, - used for shearing sheep or skins.
By Oddity Software
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A cutting instrument.
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A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
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Anything in the form of shears.
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A pair of wings.
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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.
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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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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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A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, - used for shearing sheep or skins.
By Noah Webster.
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A cutting instrument.
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A cutting instr. of two blades which move on a pivot and act against each other; anything in the form of shears, or which acts as shears; two or more long pieces of timber whose ends are fastened together at the top, but spread at the bottom, used when furnished with tackling to raise heavy weights.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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An instrument for shearing or cutting, consisting of two blades that meet each other: anything like shears: an apparatus for raising heavy weights, consisting of upright spars fastened together at the top and furnished with tackle.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
