shearing vs tatter

shearing

noun
  • 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. 

adj
  • Tending to cut or tear. 

tatter

noun
  • A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. 

  • A person engaged in tatting. 

verb
  • To fall into tatters. 

  • To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding. 

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