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.
A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe.
A blow; a smart stroke.
A large portion.
A squall; a heavy fall of rain.
To move briskly along.
To beat or slap.
To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp.
To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making.