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SHEAFLIKE

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sheaf

  [sheef] noun, plural sheaves, verb
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–noun
1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers.
–verb (used with object)
3. to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME shefe (n.), OE schēaf; c. D schoof sheaf, G Schaub wisp of straw, ON skauf tail of a fox

Related forms:
sheaflike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

sheaf 
O.E. sceaf "sheaf of corn," from P.Gmc. *skaubaz (cf. M.Du. scoof, O.H.G. scoub, Ger. Schaub "sheaf;" O.N. skauf "fox's tail;" Goth. skuft "hair on the head," Ger. Schopf "tuft"). Also used in M.E. for "two dozen arrows."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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