scear

scear (plural scears)

1. Obsolete spelling of sear.
   • F, the scear, on the projecting branch of which the trigger acts

     Encylopedia Britannica, 1856

• Cesar, sérac, Carse, Races, cares, sacre, CERAs, caser, acers, ceras, Crase, e-cars, caers, carse, scare, serac, races, SERCA, Ceras, acres, Cares, Creas, crase

From earlier *sċǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *skāri, from Proto-Germanic *skēriz. Related to Old High German skāra (“shears, tonsure”), West Frisian skjirre, Dutch schaar, German Schere, Icelandic skæri.

• IPA^(key): /ʃæ͜ɑːr/

sċēar f

1. scissors, shears

• This word is generally used in the plural, as in modern English scissors, shears.

Strong i-stem:

• sċeard
• sċearu
• sċieran

• Middle English: schere, chere, sheer, shere, shyre
  • English: shear
  • Scots: shear
  • Yola: sheare

From Proto-West Germanic *skar, from Proto-Germanic *skarą, *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), whence also Old High German skaro and skara (“ploughshare”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃæ͜ɑr/

sċear n

1. plowshare

• Middle English: share, sharre, shzar, sher
  • English: share
  • Yola: shor, shar, shaar