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v. i. & t. To hear beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heard p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing. ] [ OE. heren, AS, . hiéran, h&ymacr_;ran, hēran; akin to OS. hōrian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. hōren, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw. höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. 'akoy`ein, E. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken. ] 1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt. vi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i. --
To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [ Colloq. ] Shak. --
To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. “The hearing ear.” Prov. xx. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard,
Well pleased, but answered not. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hear ill, to be blamed. [ Obs. ]

Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland.

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To hear well, to be praised. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To hear incorrectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overheard p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing. ] [ AS. oferhiéran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hear again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Sheared r Shore p. p. Sheared or Shorn p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing. ] [ OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski&unr_;re, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn aside. ] 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To reap, as grain. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t. ] 1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears. [ 1913 Webster ]

On his head came razor none, nor shear. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Short of the wool, and naked from the shear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; . . . at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine. --
Shear hulk. See under Hulk. --
Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture. [ 1913 Webster ]