n. 1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Same as Shearling. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. The act or operation of reaping. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates. [ 1913 Webster ]
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. [ 1913 Webster ]
7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shearing machine. (a)A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b)A machine for shearing cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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