Sheathed

4 definitions found

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

  Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.
     1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
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     2. (Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous
        tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm


        in grasses; vaginate.
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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]:

  sheathed
       adj : enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in
             combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed
             claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper";
             "copper-sheathed" [ant: {unsheathed}]

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

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheathed":
     armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped, covered,
     covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled,
     encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, hooded, housed,
     loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted,
     packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, shelled, shielded,
     shrouded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in,
     wrapped