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sheermore about sheer

sheer

 

  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheer  \Sheer\,  adv 
  Clean;  quite;  at  once.  [Obs.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheer  \Sheer\,  v.  t.  [See  {Shear}.] 
  To  shear.  [Obs.]  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheer  \Sheer\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sheered};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sheering}.]  [D.  sheren  to  shear,  cut,  withdraw,  warp.  See 
  {Shear}.] 
  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. 
 
  {To  sheer  off},  to  turn  or  move  aside  to  a  distance;  to  move 
  away 
 
  {To  sheer  up},  to  approach  obliquely. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheer  \Sheer\,  n. 
  1.  (Naut.) 
  a  The  longitudinal  upward  curvature  of  the  deck, 
  gunwale,  and  lines  of  a  vessel,  as  when  viewed  from 
  the  side 
  b  The  position  of  a  vessel  riding  at  single  anchor  and 
  swinging  clear  of  it 
 
  2.  A  turn  or  change  in  a  course. 
 
  Give  the  canoe  a  sheer  and  get  nearer  to  the  shore. 
  --Cooper. 
 
  3.  pl  Shears  See  {Shear}. 
 
  {Sheer  batten}  (Shipbuilding),  a  long  strip  of  wood  to  guide 
  the  carpenters  in  following  the  sheer  plan 
 
  {Sheer  boom},  a  boom  slanting  across  a  stream  to  direct 
  floating  logs  to  one  side 
 
  {Sheer  hulk}.  See  {Shear  hulk},  under  {Hulk}. 
 
  {Sheer  plan},  or  {Sheer  draught}  (Shipbuilding),  a  projection 
  of  the  lines  of  a  vessel  on  a  vertical  longitudinal  plane 
  passing  through  the  middle  line  of  the  vessel. 
 
  {Sheer  pole}  (Naut.),  an  iron  rod  lashed  to  the  shrouds  just 
  above  the  dead-eyes  and  parallel  to  the  ratlines. 
 
  {Sheer  strake}  (Shipbuilding),  the  strake  under  the  gunwale 
  on  the  top  side  --Totten. 
 
  {To  break  sheer}  (Naut.),  to  deviate  from  sheer,  and  risk 
  fouling  the  anchor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheer  \Sheer\,  a.  [OE.  shere,  skere,  pure,  bright,  Icel.  sk?rr; 
  akin  to  sk[=i]rr,  AS  sc[=i]r,  OS  sk[=i]ri,  MHG.  sch[=i]r, 
  G.  schier,  Dan.  sk?r,  Sw  sk["a]r,  Goth.  skeirs  clear,  and  E. 
  shine.  [root]157.  See  {Shine},  v.  i.] 
  1.  Bright;  clear;  pure;  unmixed.  ``Sheer  ale.''  --Shak. 
 
  Thou  sheer,  immaculate,  and  silver  fountain.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Very  thin  or  transparent;  --  applied  to  fabrics;  as  sheer 
  muslin. 
 
  3.  Being  only  what  it  seems  to  be  obvious;  simple;  mere; 
  downright;  as  sheer  folly;  sheer  nonsense.  ``A  sheer 
  impossibility.''  --De  Quincey. 
 
  It  is  not  a  sheer  advantage  to  have  several  strings 
  to  one's  bow.  --M.  Arnold. 
 
  4.  Stright  up  and  down  vertical;  prpendicular. 
 
  A  sheer  precipice  of  a  thousand  feet.  --J.  D. 
  Hooker. 
 
  It  was  at  least  Nine  roods  of  sheer  ascent. 
  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sheer 
  adj  1:  complete  and  without  restriction  or  qualification;  sometimes 
  used  informally  as  intensifiers;  "absolute  freedom"; 
  "an  absolute  dimwit";  "a  downright  lie";  "out-and-out 
  mayhem";  "an  out-and-out  lie";  "a  rank  outsider"; 
  "many  right-down  vices";  "got  the  job  through  sheer 
  persistence";  "sheer  stupidity"  [syn:  {absolute},  {downright}, 
  {out-and-out(a)},  {rank(a)},  {right-down},  {sheer(a)}] 
  2:  not  mixed  with  extraneous  elements;  "plain  water";  "sheer 
  wine";  "not  an  unmixed  blessing"  [syn:  {plain},  {unmingled}, 
  {unmixed}] 
  3:  having  a  prominent  and  almost  vertical  front;  "abluff 
  headland";  "the  bold  face  of  the  cliff";  "a  sheer  descent 
  of  rock"  [syn:  {bluff},  {bold}] 
  4:  so  thin  as  to  transmit  light;  "a  hat  with  a  diaphanous 
  veil";  "filmy  wings  of  a  moth";  "gauzy  clouds  of  dandelion 
  down";  "gossamer  cobwebs";  "sheer  silk  stockings"; 
  "transparent  chiffon";  "vaporous  silks"  [syn:  {diaphanous}, 
  {filmy},  {gauzy},  {gossamer},  {see-through},  {transparent}, 
  {vaporous},  {cobwebby}] 
  adv  1:  straight  up  or  down  without  a  break  [syn:  {perpendicularly}] 
  2:  directly;  "he  fell  sheer  into  the  water" 
  v  1:  turn  sharply;  change  direction  abruptly;  "The  car  cut  to  the 
  left  at  the  intersection";  "The  motorbike  veered  to  the 
  right"  [syn:  {swerve},  {curve},  {trend},  {veer},  {slue}, 
  {slew},  {cut}] 
  2:  cause  to  sheer:  "She  sheered  her  car  around  the  obstacle"




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