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sheering |
1 definition found 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.
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