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Severing
- verb - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
- set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
- the act of severing
Severity
- noun - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
- extreme plainness
- something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
- used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Sewerage
- noun - a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Shabrack
- - The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Shadrach
- - A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
Shagreen
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- Leather with a granulated surface, often made from horsehide
- Rough skin of certain sharks and rays.
Shamrock
- noun - clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
- creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
- Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers
Shearers
- noun - a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
- a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
- Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
Shearing
- verb - become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
- cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
- cut with shears; "shear hedges"
- removing by cutting off or clipping
- shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
Shearman
- - One whose occupation is to shear cloth.