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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheathed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Sheating}.] [Written also sheath.]
1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or
cover with or as with a sheath or case.
The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet
turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin
of his toes. --Grew.
'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now
--Dryden.
2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.
3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin
boards, sheets of metal, and the like as to sheathe a
ship with copper.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
{To sheathe the sword}, to make peace.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sheathe
v 1: cover with a protective sheathing, as of a ship's bottom,
for example
2: enclose with a sheath, as of a knife or sword [ant: {unsheathe}]
3: plunge or bury in flesh, as of a knife, sword, or tusk
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