Meaning of SHEARING in English

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Meaning of SHEARING in English

• of Shear
• The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
• 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.
• Same as Shearling.
• The act or operation of reaping.
• The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
• The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
• The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

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