cockeyed vs shearing

cockeyed

adj
  • Crooked or askew. 

  • Drunk. 

  • Absurd, silly, or stupid; usually used in reference to ideas rather than people. 

  • Having both eyes oriented inward, cross-eyed. 

shearing

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

noun
  • Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions. 

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

  • 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. 

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