About The Word Sheath
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Sheath
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What's The Definition Of Sheath?
[n] a dress suitable for formal occasions
[n] a protective covering for a knife or sword [n] an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part Synonyms | Synonyms for Sheath: case | cocktail dress Related Terms | Find terms related to Sheath: See Also | aglet | aiglet | cot | cover | covering | dress | fingerstall | frock | holster | husk | lorica | medullary sheath | myelin sheath | natural covering | neurilemma | neurolemma | protection | protective cover | protective covering | scabbard | theca Sheath In Webster's Dictionary \Sheath\, n. [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth],
sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D.
scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede,
Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally
meaning, to separate, to part. See {Shed}.]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically:
(a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b) (Zo["o]l.) One of the elytra of an insect.
{Medullary sheath}. (Anat.) See under {Medullary}.
{Primitive sheath}. (Anat.) See {Neurilemma}.
{Sheath knife}, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
sheath.
{Sheath of Schwann}. (Anat.) See {Schwann's sheath}.
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