scear

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English

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Noun

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scear (plural scears)

  1. Obsolete spelling of sear.
    • F, the scear, on the projecting branch of which the trigger acts
      Encylopedia Britannica, 1856

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Old English

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Etymology 1

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From earlier *sċǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *skāri, from Proto-Germanic *skēriz. Related to Old High German skāra (shears, tonsure), West Frisian skjirre, Dutch schaar, German Schere, Icelandic skæri.

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Noun

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sċēar f

  1. scissors, shears
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  • This word is generally used in the plural, as in modern English scissors, shears.
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  • Middle English: schere, chere, sheer, shere, shyre
    • English: shear
    • Scots: shear
    • Yola: sheare

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *skar, from Proto-Germanic *skarą, *skaraz (ploughshare), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut), whence also Old High German skaro and skara (ploughshare).

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sċear n

  1. plowshare
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