7. (Mining)
Defn: 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.
SHEARLING
Shear"ling, n.
Defn: A sheep but once sheared.
SHEARMAN
Shear"man, n.; pl. Shearmen (.
Defn: One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
SHEARN
Shearn, n. Etym: [AS. scearn. Cf. Scarn.]
Defn: Dung; excrement. [Obs.] [Written also shern.] Holland.
SHEARS Shears, n. pl. Etym: [Formerly used also in the singular. See Shear, n.,1.]
1. A cutting instrument. Specifically: (a) 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. Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain. Pope.