The compressed clay of coal strata.
A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
A small group of trees or plants.
A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
A dull thud.
A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
To gather in dense groups.
To form clusters or lumps.
To walk with heavy footfalls.
To strike; to beat.
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.
Tending to cut or tear.