faggot vs shearing

faggot

noun
  • A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding. 

  • A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.) 

  • An annoying or inconsiderate person. 

  • A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one. 

  • A faggot voter. 

  • A meatball made with offcuts and offal, especially pork. (See Wikipedia.) 

  • A man considered weak, effeminate, timid, pathetic, emotional, non-heteronormative in some way 

shearing

noun
  • The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal. 

  • Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. 

  • The act or operation of reaping. 

  • The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. 

  • The material cut off in this way. 

  • The process of preparing shear steel; tilting. 

  • The act or operation of dividing with shears. 

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

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