Found 2 items, similar to Sheathed.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sheathed
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sheathed
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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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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