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English → English (gcide) Definition: Trichite sheaf Trichite \Trich"ite\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, hair.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. [1913 Webster] Trichite sheaf (Zo["o]l.), one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender set[ae] characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under Spicule. [1913 Webster]