Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sheer
Sheer
sheer
1. adj. & adv. --adj. 1 no more or less than; mere, unqualified, absolute (sheer luck; sheer determination). 2 (of a cliff or ascent etc.) perpendicular; very steep. 3 (of a textile) very thin; diaphanous. --adv. 1 directly, outright. 2 perpendicularly. Derivatives sheerly adv. sheerness n. Etymology: ME schere prob. f. dial. shire pure, clear f. OE scir f. Gmc 2. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 esp. Naut. swerve or change course. 2 (foll. by away, off) go away, esp. from a person or topic one dislikes or fears. --n. Naut. a deviation from a course. Etymology: perh. f. MLG scheren = SHEAR v. 3. n. the upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern. Etymology: prob. f. SHEAR n.
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I. verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1shear Date: 1539 intransitive verb to deviate from a course ; swerve, transitive verb to cause to ~, II. noun Date: 1670 a turn, deviation, or change in a course (as of a ship), the position of a ship riding to a single anchor and heading toward it, III. adjective Etymology: Middle English schere freed from guilt, probably alteration of skere, from Old Norse skærr pure; akin to Old English scīnan to shine Date: circa 1568 bright, shining, of very thin or transparent texture ; diaphanous, 3. unqualified, utter , being free from an adulterant ; pure, unmixed, viewed or acting in dissociation from all else , marked by great and continuous steepness, see: steep ~ly adverb ~ness noun IV. adverb Date: 1599 in a complete manner ; altogether, straight up or down without a break ; perpendicularly, V. noun Date: circa 1920 a ~ fabric, VI. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of 2shear Date: 1691 the fore-and-aft curvature from bow to stern of a ship's deck as shown in side elevation ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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