† sheep-shearn.
Obsolete.
Sheep-shearing.
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shearing?1523
sheep-shearing1607
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1616 T. Gainsford Rich Cabinet f. 54 So is he, neither at season, sheep~sheere, or haruest, beholding to any man.
a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1668) 76 To morrow morning..Pan's Cornet's blown, and the great Sheep-shear's kept.
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sheep-shearv.
rare.† 2. transitive. To ‘fleece’, swindle. Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To shear sheep.
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shear900
sheep-shear1909
1909 Essex Rev. XVIII. 170 My poor old father larned many lads to ship-shear in his day.
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1618 Owles Almanacke 45 A cozoning nip shall sheepshare a cunny of his coyne.
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