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Definitions for: Shearing [n] removing by cutting off or clipping
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
See Also: cut, cutting, cutting off, sheepshearing
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