of shear-the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.-the product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.-same as shearling.-the act or operation of reaping.-the act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.-the process of preparing shear steel; tilting.-the process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.