Sheers

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of shear.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Plural form of sheer.
  • n. sheerlegs.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sheer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of shears.
  • n. A hoisting apparatus used in masting or dismasting ships, putting in or taking out boilers, mounting or dismounting guns, etc., and consisting of two or more spars or poles fastened together near the top, with their lower ends separated to form a base.
    • Word Usage
    "Here was originated Seaward's hoisting "sheers" with the traveling back leg, a modern example of which, 100 feet high, in iron, stands on the wharf."
    Cross Reference
    in sheets   
    Verb Stem
    sheet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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