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.
Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.
Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.