·adv Clean; quite; at once.
II. Sheer ·noun A turn or change in a course.
III. Sheer ·vi Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
IV. Sheer ·vt To Shear.
V. Sheer ·noun Shears ·see Shear.
VI. Sheer ·vi Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
VII. Sheer ·vi Very thin or transparent;
— applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
VIII. Sheer ·noun The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
IX. Sheer ·vi Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
X. Sheer ·noun The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
XI. Sheer ·vi To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to Swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.