3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Shearer \Shear"er\, n. 1. One who shears. [1913 Webster] Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. --Acts viii. 32. [1913 Webster] 2. A reaper. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cloth \Cloth\ (kl[o^]th; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (kl[o^][th]z; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[=o]thz or kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth, Sw. kl[aum]de, G. kleid garment, dress.] 1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others. [1913 Webster] 2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}. [1913 Webster] I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. --Quarles. [1913 Webster] 3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. [1913 Webster] Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] {Body cloth}. See under {Body}. {Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. {Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. {Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth {shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Shearer n 1: Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn: {Moira Shearer}] 2: a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles 3: a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
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