About The Word Scabbard
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Scabbard
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What's The Definition Of Scabbard?
[n] a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scabbard: Related Terms | Find terms related to Scabbard: See Also | sheath Scabbard In Webster's Dictionary \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers,
escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan.
origin; cf. Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to
conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is
kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
--Fairfax.
{Scabbard fish} (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed,
silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, or
argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more
abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called
{frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish.
\Scab"bard\, v. t. To put in a scabbard. |
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