shearing
shearing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.Same as Shearling. Youatt.
- 3.The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
- 4.The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
- 5.The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
- 6.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is 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 called?
- What is the act or operation of reaping. [Scot.] called?
- What is the act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates called?
- What is the process of preparing shear steel; tilting called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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