sheer1 v Cp OED ~ v2 naut for all senses, esp 2 (1816 quot) for sense 1.
1 To swing a boat (by a length of rope) into a desired position.
1977 BUTLER 28 When the rope was all out we could shear the dories in the shelter of a little point of land and reach shore.
2 To direct one's way around an obstacle.
1792 PULLING MS Aug Wells landed and sheered round the cliffs where the poor wounded Indians were hid and when he caught sight of them fired at them again and increased their wounds sufficiently even in his opinion.
3 To throw a 'cast-net' for caplin with a sweeping circular motion.
T 202/6-65 You take the ball an' put it in your mouth like that an' nip un, see. Take one hand on this side an' one hand on that side. An' you take them like that—sheer 'em; a big swing.
