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 body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
A kick; a blow with the foot.
To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.