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sheath 
[sheeth] Pronunciation Key noun, plural sheaths
[sheethz] Pronunciation Key, verb
—Related forms
[sheeth] Pronunciation Key noun, plural sheaths
[sheethz] Pronunciation Key, verb –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like. |
| 2. | any similar close-fitting covering or case. |
| 3. | a condom. |
| 4. | Biology. a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant. |
| 5. | Botany. the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem. |
| 6. | a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, esp. an unbelted dress with a straight drape. |
| 7. | Electricity. the metal covering of a cable. |
| 8. | Electronics.
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| 9. | to sheathe. |
—Related forms
sheathless, adjective
sheathlike, sheathy, adjective
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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(shēth) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sheaths (shēthz, shēths)
tr.v. sheathed, sheath·ing, sheaths (shēthz, shēths) To encase or cover with or as if with a sheath; sheathe. [Middle English schethe, from Old English scēath; see skei- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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sheath
O.E. sceað, scæð, from P.Gmc. *skaithiz (cf. O.S. scethia, O.N. skeiðir (pl.), O.Fris. skethe, M.Du. schede, Du. schede, O.H.G. skaida, Ger. scheide "scabbard"), possibly from base *skaith "divide, split" (see shed (v.)) on notion of a split stick with the sword blade inserted. Meaning "condom" is recorded from 1861; sense of "close-fitting dress or skirt" is attested from 1904.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| sheath | |
noun | |
| 1. | a protective covering (as for a knife or sword) |
| 2. | an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part |
| 3. | a dress suitable for formal occasions [syn: cocktail dress] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| sheath
(shēth) Pronunciation Key
An enveloping tubular structure, such as the base of a grass leaf that surrounds the stem or the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sheath (shēth)
n. pl. sheaths (shē&phonth;z, shēths)
An enveloping tubular structure, such as the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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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