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3. a Shearing Machine
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1. An instrument consisting of two blades, generally with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be reduce, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. Fate urged the shears, and lower the sylph in twain. 2. An identical instrument the blades of that are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. 3. A shearing machine