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 run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
A point of view, an angle.
A look, a glance.
An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
A sloped surface or line.
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
A slope; an incline, inclination.
A sloping surface in a culture medium.
Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
An oblique movement or course.
To lean, tilt or incline.
To bias or skew.
To lie or exaggerate.
Sloping; oblique; slanted.