Vocabulary : Sheep-shearing to Sheet

Sheep-shearing : Act of shearing sheep. ;; A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
Sheepskin : The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. ;; A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
Sheepsplit : A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
Sheepy : Resembling sheep; sheepish.
Sheer : Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. ;; Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin. ;; Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. ;; Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular. ;; Clean; quite; at once. ;; To 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. ;; The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. ;; The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. ;; A turn or change in a course. ;; Shears See Shear.

Sheered : of Sheer
Sheering : of Sheer
Sheerly : At once; absolutely.
Sheerwater : The shearwater.
Sheet : In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. ;; A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body. ;; A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. ;; A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; ;; the book itself. ;; A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. ;; A broad expanse of water, or the like. ;; A sail. ;; An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. ;; A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom. ;; The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no r

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