[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

shear \shear\, n. as. sceara. see shear, v. t.
   1. a pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but
      formerly also in the singular. see shears.
      1913 webster

            on his head came razor none, nor shear. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. a shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
      1913 webster

            after the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; .
            . . at the expiration of another year, he is a
            three-shear ram; the name always taking its date
            from the time of shearing.            --youatt.
      1913 webster

   3. engin. an action, resulting from applied forces, which
      tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide
      relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their
      plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and
      tangential stress.
      1913 webster

   4. mech. a strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body,
      consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal
      compression in a perpendicular direction, with an
      unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
      1913 webster

   shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing
      machine.

   shear hulk. see under hulk.

   shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and
      other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of
      blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting,
      to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
      1913 webster
see also:
shear shears shearing stress tangential stress shear blade shear hulk 
hulk shear steel 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hulk \hulk\, n. oe. hulke a heavy ship, as. hulc a light, swift
   ship; akin to d. hulk a ship of burden, g. holk, ohg. holcho;
   perh. fr. ll. holcas, gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
   fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. cf. wolf, holcad.
   1. the body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
      body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "some
      well-timbered hulk." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. a heavy ship of clumsy build. --skeat.
      1913 webster

   3. anything bulky or unwieldly. --shak.
      1913 webster

   shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
      take out the masts of a ship.

   the hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
      prisons. eng. --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
wolf holcad shear hulk the hulks 

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