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

shearer \shear"er\, n.
   1. one who shears.
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            like a lamb dumb before his shearer.  --acts viii.
                                                  32.
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   2. a reaper. scot. --jamieson.
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[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cloth \cloth\ klo^th; 115, n.; pl. cloths klo^thz;
   115, except in the sense of garments, when it is clothes
   kl=othz or kl=oz. oe. clath cloth, as. cl=athorn
   cloth, garment; akin to d. kleed, icel. klaeethi, dan.
   klaede, cloth, sw. klaumde, g. kleid garment, dress.
   1. a fabric made of fibrous material or sometimes of wire,
      as in wire cloth; commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
      woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
      specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
      others.
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   2. the dress; raiment. obs. see clothes.
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            i'll ne'er distust my god for cloth and bread.
                                                  --quarles.
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   3. the distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
      clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
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            appeals were made to the priesthood. would they
            tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
            their cloth?                          --macaulay.
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            the cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
            administering and for giving the best possible
            effect to . . . every axiom.          --i. taylor.
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   body cloth. see under body.

   cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
      threads of gold.

   cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which
      cloth is measured and sold. for this object the standard
      yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.

   cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
      finishing woolen cloth. -- cloth

   shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
      nap.
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see also:
cloths clothes body cloth body cloth of gold cloth measure 
cloth paper shearer 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

shearer
     n 1: scottish ballet dancer and actress born in 1926 syn: moira
          shearer
     2: a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or
        textiles
     3: a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other
        animals
see also:
moira shearer 

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