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Kreisel - Luge (gambling) and sheer(1) (iou)


Kreisel - Luge (gambling)


A turn in which the track crosses back upon itself. From the German for "circle."

sheer(1) (iou)



sheer adjective & adverb. ME.
[Prob. alt. of SHIRE adjective.]
A. adjective.
Exempt, free from obligation; acquitted, blameless. Only in ME.
Esp. of water; clear, pure; translucent. Now arch. & dial. M16.
Of a fabric etc.: very thin, fine, diaphanous. M16.
Sun (Baltimore) sheer nylons with contrast or self-color seams.
a. Of a substance: unmixed or unaccompanied with Other matter; esp. (of alcohol) undiluted; taken unaccompanied by Food. L16.
b. Of an immaterial thing: taken or existing by itself, alone. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
No more or less than; unmitigated, unqualified; absolute, pure. L16.
J. Moynahan His tension mounts, and the last quarter hour before they meet is sheer torture. I. Murdoch The sheer fact of their opposition stirred and wounded his conscience.
Thin, insubstantial; lean. Long rare or obsolete. M17.
Of a descent or ascent, a cliff, etc.: perpendicular, very steep; having an uninterrupted rise or fall. E19.
Rider Haggard The precipice, which to our left was quite sheer.
b. adverb.
Completely, absolutely; directly. L16.
W. Somerville Cautious he crept, and with His crooked Bill Cut sheer the frail Support.
Perpendicularly, very steeply; straight up or down. E19.
M. Bradbury The ship's side fell sheer to the..black water.
sheerly adverb LME.
sheerness noun (rare) LME.