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sheath

[sheeth]

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noun

a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.

any similar close-fitting covering or case.

a condom.

Biology. a closely enveloping part or structure, as in an animal or plant.

Botany. the leaf base when it forms a vertical coating surrounding the stem.

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a close-fitting dress, skirt, or coat, especially an unbelted dress with a straight drape.

Electricity. the metal covering of a cable.

Electronics.

the metal wall of a wave guide.

a space charge formed by ions near an electrode in a tube containing low-pressure gas.

the region of a space charge in a cathode-ray tube.

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verb (used with object)

to sheathe.

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Origin:
before 950; Middle English s(c)heth(e), Old English scēath; cognate with German Scheide; see shed²

Related forms

sheath·less, adjective

sheath·like, sheath·y, adjective

Can be confused: sheath, sheathe.

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Decorative tiles and marble sheath the counters and some walls.

When the spinal cord suffers a blow, the protective sheath around the branches of neural cells is damaged.

The sheath takes its place alongside the company's other offerings, including a textured condom and one that glows in the dark.

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Decorative tiles and marble sheath the counters and some walls.

When the spinal cord suffers a blow, the protective sheath around the branches of neural cells is damaged.

The sheath takes its place alongside the company's other offerings, including a textured condom and one that glows in the dark.

The silicon sheath around the tube has already sprung a gash where it is bitten to release water flow.

Something which makes my sheath retract and my talons ooze.

They then tried to haul it aboard, unintentionally separating the tentacled head from the rubbery tail sheath.

The product is a patterned sheath you put over your regular hose.

Included carrying case is basically a thin, flimsy sheath not suitable for transporting anything of value.

The barb is covered with a sheath of toxin that is injected into a wound.

Some magnets begin to turn dark under the skin, suggesting the bio-neutral silicone sheath is failing.

Cavities in the roof of the fish's mouth sheath these natural daggers when they're not embedded in prey.

In addition to its partially serrated, high-carbon stainless-steel blade, it holds a sharpener and fire starter in its sheath.

Those cells also make the protective myelin sheath that insulates nerve fibers.

To charge up the light, you wiggle the weatherproof sealed plastic case out of its soft silicone sheath.

Bravos greeted the gold-rush lace sheath snaking under a metallic.

These in turn eventually produced a protein sheath for the virus.

Its body is protected by a thick sheath of cartilage, which is impregnated with oil and is waterproof.

The court suggested that the kirpan be blunted and sewn or locked into its sheath.

Its researchers have turned them into a type of cell that produces the insulating sheath around a nerve cell.

The blended core and sheath eliminates sheath slippage and.

Not sweeter is the rain of heaven to cornland, when the green sheath teems with grain".

Surrounding this tube is a sheath consisting of three steel segments designed so that they interlock and form a circular jacket.

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World English Dictionary

sheath (ʃiːθ)

—n , pl sheaths
1.	a case or covering for the blade of a knife, sword, etc
2.	any similar close-fitting case
3.	biology an enclosing or protective structure, such as a leaf base encasing the stem of a plant
4.	the protective covering on an electric cable
5.	a figure-hugging dress with a narrow tapering skirt
6.	another name for condom

—vb
7.	(tr) another word for sheathe

[Old English scēath; related to Old Norse skeithir, Old High German sceida a dividing; compare Old English scādan to divide]

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Word Origin & History

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

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sword blade inserted. Meaning "condom" is recorded from 1861; sense of "close-fitting dress or skirt" is attested from 1904.

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Medical Dictionary

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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Science Dictionary

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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