The material cut off in this way.
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 process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.
A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
A narrow high-rise apartment building.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.