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Sheer
v. i.
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Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
Sheer
v. i.
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Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Sheer
adv.
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Clean; quite; at once.
Sheer
v. t.
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To shear.
Sheered
imp. & p. p.
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of Sheer
Sheering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Sheer
Sheer
v. i.
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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.
Sheer
n.
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The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
Sheer
n.
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The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Sheer
n.
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A turn or change in a course.
Sheer
n.
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Shears See Shear.
Sheerly
adv.
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At once; absolutely.
Sheerwater
n.
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The shearwater.
Sheet
v. t.
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In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
Sheet
v. t.
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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.
Sheet
v. t.
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A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
Sheet
v. t.
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A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
Sheet
v. t.
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the book itself.
Sheet
v. t.
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A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
Sheet
v. t.
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A broad expanse of water, or the like.
Sheet
v. t.
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A sail.
Sheet
v. t.
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An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
Sheet
v. t.
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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.
Sheet
v. t.
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The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
Sheeted
imp. & p. p.
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Sheeting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Sheet
v. t.
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To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
Sheet
v. t.
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To expand, as a sheet.
Sheet anchor
v. t.
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A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
Sheet anchor
v. t.
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Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.