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Sheer
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SHEER, a.
1. Pure clear separate from anything foreign unmingled as sheer ale. But this application is unusual. We saysheer argument, sheer wit, sheer falsehook, &c.
2. Clear thin as sheer muslin.
SHEER, adv. Clean quite at once. Obs.
SHEER, To sheer. Not in use.
SHEER, See Shear, the sense of which is to separate.
1. In seamen's language, to decline or deviate from the line of the proper course, as a ship when not steered with steadiness.
2. To slip or move aside.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Sheer'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sheer.html.
Entry for 'Sheer'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/sheer.html.
