Verb (used with object) : to shear wool from sheep. ,to shear sheep. ,to shear someone of power. ,Chimney swifts sheared the air. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The cruiser sheared through the water. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a sheep of one shear. From Dictionary.com.
Whitney suffered what is known as a shearing of the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Mistaken Identity] Reference
The new method of alternative shearing is still a few years away but researcher Michelle Hebard says the possibilities are endless. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Shearing sheep] Reference
McRae said he and Willis use the New Zealand system of shearing, which is all about the control and handling of the sheep. From Wordnik.com. [burlingtonfreepress.com -] Reference
The dull-witted rentiers who stand still for the shearing are the more modest savers of lower income, even the workers themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Mises Dailies] Reference
This resistance comes both from deflecting the water and from "shearing" it. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
A temporary mark was applied to a pup (top right) by 'shearing' dark hairs off to expose lighter hair below. From Wordnik.com. [NOAA News Releases] Reference
"The depression was the calculated 'shearing' of the public by the. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: 9/11 and the NEW WORLD ORDER: MEANS, MOTIVE, and OPPORTUNITY (in Quotes)] Reference
It was shearing-time now and she wanted that wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
Sheep-shearing is not an easy thing for a girl to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages] Reference
After shearing, through what two processes does wool pass?. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The paramount sheik placed me with a sheep-shearing family. From Wordnik.com. ['The Stakes Are Huge'] Reference
As he was at the shearing house of the shepherds in the way. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Plain bending and shearing operations comprise the whole task. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The plane rolled into a nearby parked SUV, shearing off its mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Plane crash reminds of need for parking brakes] Reference
The football world is taking the shearing of Tebow in stride, though. From Wordnik.com. [John Wall takes in a Mystics game and Redskins randoms] Reference
Matthew, 'mere plunderers, skinning the sheep, not shearing them only.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
Filon is new man at that shearing, Lebecque is just hire him then; but yes. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
Will the continued shearing of sheep increase or lessen the growth of wool?. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
In shearing time the ranch hands are increased, to take care of this added labor. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference
Long sheds are erected and shafting extends down both sides of the shearing place. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
I got to hold the sheep while a very knowledgeable 7-year-old did the shearing (laughs). From Wordnik.com. ['The Stakes Are Huge'] Reference
This wool has already been subjected to the three operations of shearing, scouring, and oiling. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
To meet the exacting conditions a class of men has risen expert in the sheep-shearing business. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The shearing season on the plains is much like the threshing season in agricultural communities. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
This is my trail -- I go out after the shearing through the Cañada de las Viñas, then across the. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
He had seen the long rough scars on the backs of sheep-herders, stripped to the waist for the hot work of shearing. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
Scabby sheep should be dipped a week or ten days after shearing; two dippings are necessary at the interval of ten days. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
This shearing, suggests astronomer Robert Noyes of Harvard University, winds up magnetic lines like thread around a spool. From Wordnik.com. [Mysteries Of The Sun] Reference
Great care is exercised in the shearing, as the nap must be cropped quite close and yet not expose the threads or cut the face. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Accordingly he went to Hempstead, Long Island, and there he met a party who was manufacturing a patent shears for shearing cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
Sheep-washing, for instance, is simply working a whole spring day in very chilly water, and sheep-shearing is a task at which he makes. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
From the gig the cloth is taken to the shearing machine, the revolving blades of which cut the long, irregular nap down to a uniform level. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
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