Sheathe

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. 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.
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              The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet
              turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin
              of his toes.                          --Grew.
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              'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.
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     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.
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     4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
        particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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     {To sheathe the sword}, to make peace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sheathe
       v 1: cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
       2: enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" [ant: {unsheathe}]
       3: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheathe":
     apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedrape, board, box, brick,
     bundle up, case, clad, clapboard, clothe, cover, crate, deck,
     dight, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase,
     enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face,
     garb, garment, glass, glaze, habilitate, invest, jacket, lap, lath,
     muffle up, pack, package, panel, paper, plank, rag out, raiment,
     revet, robe, shake, shingle, shroud, side, skin, slate, smother,
     stone, surround, swaddle, swathe, thatch, tile, tire, veneer,
     wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wrap, wrap about,
     wrap up