A cleft or division.
A sharp projection.
A part broken off; a fragment.
A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
A medical injection, a jab.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
A flap, a tear in a clothing
A fit, spell, outburst.
A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
To tease.
To cut unevenly.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
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.
Tending to cut or tear.