A kind of sickle formerly applied to the yard-arms, for cutting the rigging of a vessel running on board.
·vt To reap, as grain. II. Shear ·vi To deviate. ·see <<Sheer>>. III. Shear ·vt A shearing; — use...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to reap ; to shear wheat, oats, barley, &c. N ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An iron spear, of three or more points, for catching eels. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Were used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job. 41:1, 2; Matt....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Thick pieces of timber, incurvated into the form of knees, and used to strengthen the fore-part of a...
They are used to sling a cask by the chimes, or ends of its staves, and are formed by reeving the tw...
Iron hooks fixed on the cheeks of a gun-carriage for dragging the gun along by draught-ropes. ...
Synonymous with futtocks. ...
The same as breast-hooks (which see). ...
Large hooks for catching salmon in the daytime. ...
·add. ·- ·see under <<Shear>>. ...
the remnant shall return ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
A remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to ...
A sea-fowl, Puffinus anglorum. ...
See Three Crown Court. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.