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v. i. To revel; to feast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pack of clergymen [ assembled ] by themselves to bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chere face, welcome, cheer, OF. chiere, F. chère, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. ka`ra head; akin to Skr. çiras, L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. cranium. ] 1. The face; the countenance or its expression. [ Obs. ] “Sweat of thy cheer.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be of good cheer. Matt. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

What cheer? How do you fare? What is there that is cheering? [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cheered p. pr. & vb. n. cheering. ] 1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. Cowpe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.

Syn. -- To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. A. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How cheer'st thou, Jessica? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

And even the ranks of Tusculum
Could scare forbear to cheer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. “Thou cheerer of our days.” Wotton. “Prime cheerer, light.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. [ 1913 Webster ]

To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cheerful birds of sundry kind
Do chant sweet music. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

Syn. -- Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cheerful manner, gladly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cheery manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being cheery. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner to cheer or encourage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cheerfulness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

-- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. Spenser.

Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gay; cheerful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Cheerily. [ Archaic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Displaying evident cheerfulness; cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person; a cheery hello.
Syn. -- pleasant, sunny. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ Etymol. uncertain. ] A yarn measure of six hundred yards or 1/24 of a spindle. See Spindle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hair. ] Hair. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. mijnheer. ] The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 1st Fere. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Shipbuilding) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk&unr_;rr; akin to skīrr, AS. scīr, OS. skīri, MHG. schīr, G. schier, Dan. sk&unr_;r, Sw. skär, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. √157. See Shine, v. i. ] 1. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. “Sheer ale.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. “A sheer impossibility.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one's bow. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sheer precipice of a thousand feet. J. D. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was at least
Nine roods of sheer ascent. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Clean; quite; at once. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Shear. ] To shear. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sheered p. pr. & vb. n. Sheering. ] [ D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See Shear. ] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move away. --
To sheer up, to approach obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A turn or change in a course. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Shears See Shear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. --
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. --
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk. --
Sheer plan, or
Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. --
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. --
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. Totten. --
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At once; absolutely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shearwater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. tabāshīr: cf. Skr. tvakkshīrā, tvakshīrā. ] A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

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