SHEATH
\ʃˈiːθ], \ʃˈiːθ], \ʃ_ˈiː_θ]\
Definitions of SHEATH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
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The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
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One of the elytra of an insect.
By Oddity Software
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A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
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The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
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One of the elytra of an insect.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A case for a sword or other long instrument: a scabbard: any thin defensive covering: a membrane covering a stem or branch: the wingcase of an insect.
By Daniel Lyons
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A case into which a blade, as of a sword, is thrust when not in use; a scabbard.
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Any envelop or case, as the lower part of leaves in grasses.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo Saxon, German, Sanskrit] A case for a sword or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard; — any thin covering for defence or protection;— a membrane enveloping the stem, as in some grasses ;—the wing- case of an insect;—an embankment of loose materials to keep a river in its channel.
