- OE. sherenscheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceranscieranscyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski�re, Gr. ���. Cf. JeerScoreShardShareSheer to turn aside
- To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
- To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
- To reap, as grain.Scot
- Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
- MechTo produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shearn., 4.
