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Definition of Shorn
1. Adjective. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers. "Naked as a sheared sheep"
Definition of Shorn
1. Verb. (past of shear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shorn
1. shear [v] - See also: shear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorn
Literary usage of Shorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... wool that is obtained from the pelts of sheep that have been slaughtered or
have died from disease or cx' posure. It is generally inferior to shorn wool ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"11 Outing 66:466-7 Jl '15 shorn. Adam, 1859- Municipal taxation in relation to
speculative land values. ..."
3. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch (1842)
"... new-shorn vagrant's heaving side, To stamp his master's cipher ready stand;
Others the unwilling wether drag along; And, glorying in his might, ..."
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