SHEARSSHEAT
SHEAR-WATER, n.
A fowl, [Larus niger.] – Ainsworth. A species of petrel, [Procellaria puffinus, Linn.] found on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. – Encyc. The cut-water, [Rhyncops nigra.] – Bartram.
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