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A sheep but once sheared.

One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Dung; excrement. [Obs.] [Written also shern.] Holland.

f the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances. Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain. Pope.

The common tern.

us Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.

One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

Act of shearing sheep.

Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.

Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.

Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek. -- Soft"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4.

Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.

Having a brave heart; courageous. -- Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.

A lover of mistress.

Making love. "To play at sweethearting." W. Black.

y; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.

Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.] He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman.

Government by God; divine sovereignty; theocracy.

A division of Arachnida including those that breathe only by means of tracheæ. It includes the mites, ticks, false scorpions, and harvestmen.