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.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
The act or time of shutting; close.
A door or cover; a shutter.
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Closed; not open.
To confine in an enclosed area.
To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
To close, to stop being open.
To close, to stop from being open.
To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.