sheap.html - n.
a W. African tree, Vitellaria paradoxa, bearing nuts containing a large amount of fat.

shea-butter a butter made from this fat. [Mandingo si, se, sye]

sheap.html - n.
each of the six administrative divisions of the Isle of Man. [SHED(1) + -ING(1)]

sheap.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. sheaves) a group of things laid lengthways together and usu. tied, esp. a bundle of cornstalks tied after reaping, or a collection of papers.

--v.

tr. make into sheaves. [OE sceaf f. Gmc (as SHOVE)]

sheap.html - var. of SHIELING.

sheap.html - v. & n.
--v.

(past sheared, archaic except Austral. & NZ shore; past part. shorn or sheared)
1 tr. cut with scissors or shears etc.
2 tr. remove or take off by cutting.
3 tr. clip the wool off (a sheep etc.).
4 tr. (foll. by of) a strip bare. b deprive.
5 tr. & intr. (often foll. by off) distort or be distorted, or break, from a structural strain.

--n.

1 Mech. & Geol. a strain produced by pressure in the structure of a substance, when its layers are laterally shifted in relation to each other.
2 (in pl.) (also pair of shears sing.) a large clipping or cutting instrument shaped like scissors for use in gardens etc.

shearer n. [OE sceran f. Gmc]

sheap.html - n.
1 a sheep that has been shorn once.
2 wool from a shearling.