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   scarer
         n 1: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from
               seeds [syn: {scarecrow}, {straw man}, {strawman}, {bird-
               scarer}, {scarer}]

English Dictionary: Shirer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scorer
n
  1. a player who makes a score in a game or contest
  2. a logger who marks trees to be felled
  3. an official who records the score during the progress of a game
    Synonym(s): scorekeeper, scorer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scourer
n
  1. someone who cleanses by scouring
  2. someone who travels widely and energetically; "he was a scourer of the seven seas"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Serer
n
  1. a West African language closely related to Fula; spoken primarily in Senegal and Gambia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sharer
n
  1. someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share
    Synonym(s): partaker, sharer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shareware
n
  1. software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee requested for additional features or a manual etc.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Shearer
n
  1. Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926) [syn: Shearer, Moira Shearer]
  2. a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
  3. a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Shirer
n
  1. United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the outbreak of World War II (1904-1993)
    Synonym(s): Shirer, William Lawrence Shirer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorrower
n
  1. a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
    Synonym(s): mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swearer
n
  1. someone who uses profanity
  2. someone who takes a solemn oath
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scorer \Scor"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, scores.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scourer \Scour"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, scours.
  
      2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
  
                     In those days of highwaymen and scourers.
                                                                              --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Screwer \Screw"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, screws.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scurrier \Scur"ri*er\, n.
      One who scurries.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sharer \Shar"er\, n.
      One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider;
      a distributer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shearer \Shear"er\, n.
      1. One who shears.
  
                     Like a lamb dumb before his shearer.   --Acts viii.
                                                                              32.
  
      2. A reaper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cloth \Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (#; 115), except in the
      sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[d3]thz [or]
      kl[d3]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[be][ed] cloth, garment;
      akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[91][eb]i, Dan. kl[91]de, cloth,
      Sw. kl[84]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
      1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
            as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
            woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
            specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
            others.
  
      2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.
  
                     I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
                                                                              --Quarles.
  
      3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
            clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
  
                     Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
                     tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
                     their cloth?                                       --Macaulay.
  
                     The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
                     administering and for giving the best possible
                     effect to . . . every axiom.               --I. Taylor.
  
      {Body cloth}. See under {Body}.
  
      {Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
            threads of gold.
  
      {Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which
            cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
            yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
  
      {Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
            finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
  
      {shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
            nap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shearer \Shear"er\, n.
      1. One who shears.
  
                     Like a lamb dumb before his shearer.   --Acts viii.
                                                                              32.
  
      2. A reaper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cloth \Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. {Cloths} (#; 115), except in the
      sense of garments, when it is {Clothes} (kl[d3]thz [or]
      kl[d3]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[be][ed] cloth, garment;
      akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[91][eb]i, Dan. kl[91]de, cloth,
      Sw. kl[84]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
      1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
            as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
            woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
            specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
            others.
  
      2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See {Clothes}.
  
                     I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
                                                                              --Quarles.
  
      3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
            clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
  
                     Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
                     tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
                     their cloth?                                       --Macaulay.
  
                     The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
                     administering and for giving the best possible
                     effect to . . . every axiom.               --I. Taylor.
  
      {Body cloth}. See under {Body}.
  
      {Cloth of gold}, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
            threads of gold.
  
      {Cloth measure}, the measure of length and surface by which
            cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
            yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
  
      {Cloth paper}, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
            finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
  
      {shearer}, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
            nap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shorer \Shor"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor,
      sar, AS. s[be]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s[?]r, G. sehr
      very, Icel. s[be]rr, Sw. s[86]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
      {Sorry}.]
      1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
            inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
            sore hand.
  
      2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
            very susceptible of irritation.
  
                     Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
                     and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
                                                                              --Tillotson.
  
      3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
            evil or calamity. --Shak.
  
      4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Sore throat} (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
            pharyngitis. See {Cynanche}.
  
      {Malignant}, {Ulcerated} [or] {Putrid}, {sore throat}. See
            {Angina}, and under {Putrid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sorry \Sor"ry\, a. [Compar. {Sorrier}; superl. {Sorriest}.] [OE.
      sory, sary, AS. s[be]rig, fr. s[be]r, n., sore. See {Sore},
      n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence. miserable,
      sad.]
      1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil;
            feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light
            grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express
            deeper feeling. [bd]I am sorry for my sins.[b8] --Piers
            Plowman.
  
                     Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. --2 Cor.
                                                                              vii. 9.
  
                     I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's
                     pleasure.                                          --Shak.
  
                     She entered, were he lief or sorry.   --Spenser.
  
      2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. --Spenser.
  
                     All full of chirking was this sorry place.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. [bd]With sorry
            grace.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.      --Milton.
  
                     Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.
                                                                              --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      Syn: Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined;
               melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE.
      sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r,
      Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ.
      surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.]
      1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and
            the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
  
                     All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or
            musty, turned.
  
      3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish;
            morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A
            sour countenance.[b8] --Swift.
  
                     He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that
                     loved him not, But to those men that sought him
                     sweet as summer.                                 --Shak.
  
      4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak.
  
      5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
  
      {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel.
  
      {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia
            Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees
            bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}.
  
      {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}.
  
      {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}.
  
      {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian
            tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which
            furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
  
      Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious;
               crabbed; currish; peevish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squarer \Squar"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, squares.
  
      2. One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious
            fellow. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sure \Sure\, a. [Compar. {Surer}; superl. {Surest}.] [OE. sur,
      OF. se[81]r, F. s[96]r, L. securus; se aside, without + cura
      care. See {Secure}, and cf. {Assure}, {Insure}, {Sicker}
      sure.]
      1. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt;
            implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
  
                     We are sure that the judgment of God is according to
                     truth against them which commit such things. --Rom.
                                                                              ii. 2.
  
                     I'm sure care 's an enemy of life.      --Shak.
  
      2. Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be
            sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
  
      3. Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or
            disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent;
            enduring. [bd]His sure word.[b8] --Keble.
  
                     The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house;
                     because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord.
                                                                              --1 Sam. xxv.
                                                                              28.
  
                     The testimony of the Lord is sure.      --Ps. xix. 7.
  
                     Which put in good sure leather sacks. --Chapman.
  
      4. Betrothed; engaged to marry. [Obs.]
  
                     The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her
                     husband before God.                           --Sir T. More.
  
                     I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as
                     faith could bind you, man and wife.   --Brome.
  
      5. Free from danger; safe; secure.
  
                     Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; If we
                     recover that we are sure enough.         --Shak.
           
  
      {To be sure}, [or] {Be sure}, certainly; without doubt; as,
            Shall you do? To be sure I shall.
  
      {To make sure}.
            (a) To make certain; to secure so that there can be no
                  failure of the purpose or object. [bd]Make Cato
                  sure.[b8] --Addison. [bd]A peace can not fail,
                  provided we make sure of Spain.[b8] --Sir W. Temple.
            (b) To betroth. [Obs.]
  
                           She that's made sure to him she loves not well.
                                                                              --Cotgrave.
  
      Syn: Certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent;
               steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident;
               positive.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swearer \Swear"er\, n.
      1. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth
            of his declaration.
  
      2. A profane person; one who uses profane language.
  
                     Then the liars and swearers are fools. --Shak.

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   shareware /sheir'weir/ n.   A kind of {freeware} (sense 1) for
   which the author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying
   documentation files or in an announcement made by the software
   itself.   Such payment may or may not buy additional support or
   functionality.   See also {careware}, {charityware}, {crippleware},
   {FRS}, {guiltware}, {postcardware}, and {-ware}; compare {payware}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   shareware
  
      /sheir'weir/ {Software} that, like {freeware}, can
      be usually obtained ({download}ed) and redistributed for free,
      but most often is under {copyright} and does legally require a
      payment in the {EULA}, at least beyond the {evaluation} period
      or for commercial applications.   This payment, as well as
      fulfilling the {user}'s legal obligations, may buy additional
      support, documentation, or functionality.   Generally, {source
      code} for shareware programs is not available.   Shareware is
      sometimes also {nagware} and/or {crippleware}, which muddles
      the term and is frowned upon in the community.
  
      See also {careware}, {charityware}, {guiltware},
      {postcardware}, and {-ware}; compare {payware}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (2002-01-30)
  
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Sharar, navel; thought; singing
  
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