SHEARING

Shearing ( n. ) - Same as Shearling.

Shearing ( n. ) - The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

Shearing ( n. ) - The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.

Shearing ( n. ) - The act or operation of reaping.

Shearing ( n. ) - The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Shearing ( n. ) - The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

Shearing ( n. ) - 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.

Shearing ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) - of Shear