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paffa^e to this reftlefs enemy of all fsrtility. The courts, 

 the (lights of fteps, the terraces, are all involved in equal 

 ruin ; and their limits only difcoverable by tops of embat- 

 tled walls, vifible amid hills of faiid. The manfion itfelf, 

 yielding to the unconquerable fury of the tempeft, ap- 

 proaches fad to deftruftion : the freighted whirlwind howl- 

 jnfjf through every avenue and crevice, bears incefiantly 

 along its drifted burden, which has already filled the 

 lower apartments of the building, and begins now to rife 

 above the once elevated thrtlholds. Fields, fences, villages, 

 involved in common defolation, are reduced to one undiltin- 

 guifhable fcene of fterile uniformity, and twelve hundred 

 acres of land are faid thus to have been buried, within 

 a (hurt period, in irrecoverable ruin." N. lat. ^^° 12'. 

 W. long. 7' 45'. Tranfaftions of the Irifli Academy, 



vol. VI. 



SHEEPSCUT, a river of the United States, which 

 joins the Kennebeck E. of i's mouth, and is navigable 20 

 or 30 miks. On the W. fide of this river is the excellent 

 port of Wifcafiet. 



SHEEPSHEAD, a cape on the S. coail of Ireland, 

 between Bantry bay and Dunmannusbay. N. lat. 51- 29'. 

 W. long. 9 45'. 



SHEER, a town of Candahar ; 40 miles W. ©f Ghizni. 

 Sheer, in jigriculture, a term ufed to fignify pure, clean, 

 unmixed, as in the cafe of grain-feeds, and many kinds of 

 fubllances. 



Sheer, in Ship-Build'mg, the fore and aft curve or hang 

 of a (hip's fides or deck. 



SuEt-K- Draught, the plan of elevation of a (hip, on which 

 is defcribed the out-boards works, as the (hee.'-rails, wales, 

 ports, drifts, head, quarter, poll, and ftern, &c. The hang 

 or (heer of each deck infide, tlie height of the water-lines, 

 &c. See Ship-buildixg, Plate I. 



Sheer-//6o;{j-, are large iron hooks ufed when a fhip 

 defigns to board another. 



SllEKliHu/i, is an old (hip of war of 74 guns, cut down 

 to the lower deck, or nearly fo, and fitted in the following 

 manner, to fix or take out the lower mafts of (hips in the 

 royal navy, as occafion requires. It has a malt fixed in 

 midlhips, about 33 inches in diameter, and 108 feet high, 

 fupported by (hores, the upper ihore 87, and the lower 

 {hore 81 feet long, and each 19 inches in diameter, their 

 heels relUng againil the infide, abreall the heels of the 

 fheers, which ase three in number, each com.pofed of two 

 pieces, 22 inches diameter, fcarfed together in the middle, 

 to make 116 feet in height. The heels rell upon the 

 outfide, abreail the mad ; the heads unite, and are firmly 

 •woolded together, and incline outwards, to hang over 

 the veiiel whole mafts are to be fixed or taken out. The 

 fheers are likewife fupported by a derrick, which is 100 

 feet long, and 22 inches in diameter. The mall is further 

 fecured by (hrouds and (lays, and the (heers by (lays and 

 large tackles, from the mall to each (heer. From the head 

 of the (heers depend two large tackles, by which the 

 largelt malls are raifed or lowered: the effort of thefe 

 tackles is produced by two capllerns, fixed on the hulk's 

 deck for this purpofe. There is alfo a lefs-fized tackle for 

 Hialting fmall velfels. See HuLK. 

 SuEER-Rai/s. See Rail. 



SHEER-Straie, the upper ftrake or drakes on the topfide 

 in midlhips. It forms the chief drength of the topfide, and 

 is therefore thicker, and continued the wliole length parallel 

 to the top timber-fine and fcarfs at the butts between the 

 drifts. 



SHEER-lVaks, thofe drakes of thick duff in the topfide 

 of thrcL-decked (hips, which are wrought between the 



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middle and lower deck ports. Sometimes they are called 

 middle-iualcs. 



SuEEK-ll^nter, in OrnithoIo;:y. See SnE.\R-Water. 



SHEER-BUCKS, in Geography, 3 town of Perfia, in 

 Khoradan ; 30 miles S.E. of Herat. 



SHEERGOTTY, a town of Hindoodan, in Bahar; 

 68 miles S.S.W. of Patna. N. lat. 24= 30'. E. long. 

 84^ 56'. 



SHEERGUR, a town of Hindoodan, in Malwa ; 30 

 miles N.W. of Ragoogur. N. lat. 24° 40'. E. long. 77°. — 

 Alfo, a town of Hindoodan, in the circar of Gohud ; 5 

 miles E. of Narwa. , 



SHEERING, or Shearing, in the Woollen Manufac- 

 tures, the cloth-worker or (heerman's craft, or' office; or 

 the cutting off, with large (heers, the too long and fuper- 

 fluous knap, or (h.ig, found on the furface of woollen fluffs, 

 fuftians, cottons, &c. in order to make them more fmooth 

 and even. 



Stulfs are fliorn more or fewer times, according to their 

 quality and fincnefs. 



Some ufe the X)\\rsXe Jheering of hats, for the paffing of 

 hats made of wool over the flame of a clear fire made of 

 draw, or fpray, to take off the long hairs : others call 

 l\i\i flaming, and olhers finging. Other hats, as cadors, 

 femicadors, &c. are (horn, by rubbing them over with 

 pumice-done» See H.AT. 



Sheering, or Shearing, in Sea Language, a term ufed for 

 the motion of a (hip, when (he deviates from the •line of the 

 courfe, either to the right or left, fo as to form a crooked 

 and irregular path through the water, either by reafon that 

 (he is rot fleered fleadily, or on account of the fwift run- 

 ning of the tide, &c. in which cafe (he is (aid to (heer, or 

 go a (heering. Hence, to fheer off, is to remove to a 

 greater didance. 



When (he lies at anchor, near port, &c. by reafon of 

 the fwift running of the tide-gate, &c. (he is often faid to 

 be in danger r>i fheering home her anchor, or Jheering q/horc. 

 See CiiE'ir-Rope. 



SHEER MOHAMMED PETT, in Geography, a. 

 town of Hindoodan, in the circar of Condapilly, on the 

 borders of Golconda ; 21 miles W.N.W. of Condapilly. 



SHEERNESS, a fea-port rnd market-town in the Ifle 

 of Shepey, and county of Kent, England, is feated at the 

 mouth of the river Medway, and has derived its origin 

 and importance from this circumdance. In the reign of 

 king Charles II. it was deemed advifeable to form a fort 

 here, to protect the entrance to the river ; and in 1667 that 

 monarch, with an engineer and other officers, furveyed this 

 fpot, and drengthened the works. The Dutch, however, 

 fent a fleet to this point, deilroyed the fortifications, and 

 failed up the Medwav, as far as Upnor cadle. After re- 

 turning again from this enterprife, the governmeut direfted 

 fome drong wurks to be formed here, becaufe tiie fpot was 

 deemed of great importance. A regular fortrefs was foon 

 condrufted, and mounted with a line of large and heavy 

 cannon : and at the fame time feveral fmaller forts were 

 built at different llations on the banks of the river. Since 

 that time Sheernefs has progrelfively been augmented and 

 drengthened by new works, and now conditutes a regular 

 garrifon. It is commanded by a governor, lieutenant-go- 

 vernor, a fort-major, and inferior officers : and the ordnance 

 eltablilhment is under the controul of a (lore-keeper, a 

 clerk of the cheque, and a clerk of the furvey. Adjoining 

 the fort is the king's yard or dock, which has been made 

 lubfequent to the former. This yard is chiefly ufed for 

 the repair of (hips that have been (lightly damaged, and for 

 building frigates and fmaller veilels. A refident connmif- 



fioner. 



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