The act or operation of reaping.
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 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 act, or process of slewing.
A large amount.
A change of position.
A device used for slewing.
A wet place; a river inlet.
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
To rotate or turn something about its axis.
To pivot.
simple past tense of slay
To veer a vehicle.
To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
To skid.
To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.