http://www.argentia.org/misconception5.htm "Atlantic Charter" aka "Joint Statement" http://www.internet-esq.com/ussaugusta/atlantic1.htm shearwater Dictionary: shear·wa·ter (shîr'wô'tər, -wŏt'ər) Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. Any of various oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus, having a short hooked bill with tube-shaped nostrils and long slender wings that appear to shear the water as the bird flies along the surface.