SHEARER
Shear"er, n.
1. One who shears. Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.
2. A reaper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
SHEARING
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.