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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.)
A sheave. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl {Sheaves}. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS
sce['a]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub Icel.
skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See {Shove}.]
1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other
grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the
golden sheaves in brittle bands. --Dryden.
2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle;
specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a
quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually
twenty-four.
The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as to
sheaf wheat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like to make sheaves.
They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sheaf
n : several things tied together for carrying or storing [syn: {bundle}]
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