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Meaning Of Sheer
v. i.
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
v. i.
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
v. i.
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
v. i.
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
adv.
Clean; quite; at once.
v. t.
To shear.
v. i.
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.
n.
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
n.
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
n.
A turn or change in a course.
n.
Shears See Shear.
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