\Shear"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing
   machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
2. 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.
3. Same as {Shearling}. --Youatt.
4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the
   shearing of metal plates.
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in
   working into a face of coal.
{Shearing machine}.
   (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing
       plates or bars of metal.
   (b) A machine for shearing cloth.