Of a fabric, having the appearance of having been crushed.
Broken, saddened, depressed.
Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments.
Tending to cut or tear.
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.