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Pleas
- noun - (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
Pleat
- noun - any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
- fold into pleats, "Pleat the cloth"
- pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
Quean
- - A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
Rheae
- - A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.
Rheas
- noun - fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
- larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
- smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
Sheaf
- noun - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Shear
- noun - (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- 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"
- shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
Skean
- - A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]
Skeat
- noun - English philologist (1835-1912)