The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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 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 cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.
Anything with a texture like that of wool.
The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.
A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.
A resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.