Word Meanings - SHEATHE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Etym: 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast

Additional info about word: SHEATHE

Etym: 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden. 2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak. 3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper. 4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. Arbuthnot. To sheathe the sword, to make peace.

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  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• TURNINGNESS
  The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. Sir P. Sidney.
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• COVERLET
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• LEOPARD'S BANE
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  Giddy. Bacon.
• SHEATHLESS
  Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• TURNVEREIN
  A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
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• INCLOSER
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  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
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• NOCTURNAL
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