a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface

(physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

Completely such, without qualification or exception, Considered or operating apart from anything else, Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular, adverb_ Almost perpendicularly, Completely; altogether, noun_ The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it, The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side, The rise from a horizontal plane of the longitudinal lines of a ship as seen in looking along its side, intransitive verb_ To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move away, to approach obliquely, transitive verb_ obsolete To shear

The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal, tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing, a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing, verb_ shear the wool from, Con or trick someone out of money, transitive verb_ To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool, To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions, rare To spread over as with wool

The casting and registering of votes in an election, A place where votes are cast and registered, The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or ax, intransitive verb_ To receive (a given number of votes), To cast (a vote or ballot), To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip, transitive verb_ To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; -- sometimes with off, To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear, to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered

Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing, Severe; sarcastic; biting, Of remarks, criticism, etc, potentially hurtful, noun_ the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends, A piece cut off; a slip; a slice; a clipping, The editing of film or recording tape, verb_ Present participle of cut