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Webster 1913 Edition


Sheathe

Sheathe

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sheathed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheating
.]
[Written also
sheath
.]
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.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.
To sheathe the sword
,
to make peace.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sheathe

SHEATHE

,
1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger.
2. To inclose or cover with a sheath or case.
The leopard-deeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew.
'Tis in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
3. To cover or line; as, to sheathe the bowels with demulcent or mucilaginous substances.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious or sharp particles.
5. To fit with a sheath.
6. To case or cover with boards or with sheets of copper; as, to sheathe a ship to protect it from the worms.

Definition 2024


sheathe

sheathe

English

Verb

sheathe (third-person singular simple present sheathes, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)

  1. To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath
  2. To encase something with a protective covering
    • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur:
      “She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”

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