Sheer

1. Shears See Shear.
2. To shear.
3. To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.
4. A turn or change in a course.
5. Clean; quite; at once.
6. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
7. Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
8. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
9. Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
10. The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
11. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.