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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shear \Shear\, v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr & vb n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren to shear, cut, shave, AS sceran, scieran scyran akin to D. & G. scheren Icel. skera, Dan. ski?re, Gr ???. Cf {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to turn aside.] 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as to shear sheep; to shear cloth. Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth. 2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off to clip something from a surface; as to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece. 5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See {Shear}, n., 4. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, n. A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, imp. of {Shear}. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG schore, D. schoor, OD schoore Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off.] A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging. [Written also {shoar}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, v. t. To set on shore. [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shored}; p. pr & vb n. {Shoring}.] [OE. schoren See {Shore} a prop.] To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up as to shore up a building. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS score, probably fr scieran and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off edge; akin to OD schoore schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat. {On shore}. See under {On}. {Shore birds} (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. {Shore crab} (Zo["o]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California. {Shore lark} (Zo["o]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also {horned lark}. {Shore plover} (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc {Shore teetan} (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shore adj : of or on or relating to the seashore; "seashore resorts"; "a shore dinner"; "a marine on shore duty" [syn: {seashore(a)}, {shore(a)}] n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water (a lake or ocean or river) 2: a beam that is propped against a structure to provide support v 1: serve as a shore to "The river was shored by trees" 2: arrive on shore; of ships [syn: {land}, {set ashore}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Shore, OH Zip code(s): 44123
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