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Shears (other)
Shears may refer to: Cutting devices * Scissors, also called shears * Hair-cutting shears * Blade shears, typically used for shearing animals * Grass shears, for lawn trimming * Kitchen shears, scissors used in the kitchen for food preparation * Pinking shears, scissors where the blades are sawtoothed instead of straight; they leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge * Pruning shears, for cutting branches and stems * Snips, for cutting metal * Trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to cut clothing People * Albert Shears (born 1900), English footballer * Augustus Shears (1827–1911), English clergyman * Curtis Shears (1901–1988), American Olympic fencer * Ernest Shears (1849–1917), Anglican clergyman in South Africa * George Shears (1890–1978), Major League Baseball pitcher * Jake Shears (born 1978), lead vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters * Philip James Shears (1887–1972), British Army officer * Stevie Shears (born c. 1950) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scissors
Scissors are hand-operated shearing tools. A pair of scissors consists of a pair of metal blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles (bows) opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutting various thin materials, such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, cloth, rope, and wire. A large variety of scissors and shears all exist for specialized purposes. Hair-cutting shears and kitchen shears are functionally equivalent to scissors, but the larger implements tend to be called shears. Hair-cutting shears have specific blade angles ideal for cutting hair. Using the incorrect type of scissors to cut hair will result in increased damage or split ends, or both, by breaking the hair. Kitchen shears, also known as kitchen scissors, are intended for cutting and trimming foods such as meats. Inexpensive, mass-produced modern scissors are often designed ergonomically with composite thermoplastic and rubber handles. Terminology The noun ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Shears
The Reverend Ernest Henry Shears (1849, Streatham – 20 February 1917, Stafford) was an Anglican clergyman in South Africa. Ernest Henry Shears was the ninth son of James Henry Shears (1788-1855), a partner of James Shears and Sons, and Mary Mann (1810-1893). He was educated at King's College London and St John's College, Cambridge, and in 1871 was ordained a deacon in the Church of England. After being ordained, he went to Natal in South Africa, where he became Archdeacon of Durban (1887-1892). He then returned to England and eventually retired to Stafford, where he died on 20 February 1917. On 14 January 1875 Ernest Shears married Mary Seawell Boulger, by whom he had three children, one of whom, Cuthbert Shears, also entered the Church. He was a cousin of Rev. Augustus Shears and Rev. Frederick Spurrell Frederick Spurrell (2 August 1824 – 23 February 1902) was an Anglican priest and archaeologist. Early life and education Frederick Spurrell was born at 23, Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shears (moth)
''Hada plebeja'', the shears, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Asia Minor, Armenia, Turkestan, Central Asia, Mongolia, Siberia. Also Kashmir. Technical description and variation The wingspan is 30–35 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. Forewing lilac-grey, suffused with olive fuscous, deepest in median area; claviform stigma small, black-edged, followed by a broad bidentate pale patch at base of vein 2; orbicular and reniform pale grey with white edges; marginal area dark; submarginal line preceded by black dentate markings: veins more or less grey-scaled; hindwing fuscous, paler basewards; the fringe pale; - ''leucostigma'' Haw. has the ground colour whiter; ''hilaris'' Zett. is a form of this in which the whitish orbicular and the pale blotch on vein 2 are confluent and form one long streak; ''ochrea'' Tutt is a form, common in Britain, in which the forewing is varied with yellow scales: - ''latenai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
