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Webster 1913 Edition
Shearing
Shear′ing
,Noun.
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 cloth4.
The act or operation of reaping.
[Scot.]
5.
The act or operation of dividing with shears;
as, the
. shearing
of metal plates6.
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.