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scabbard |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert scauberk OF escaubers escauberz pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf Icel. sk[=a]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf {Hauberk}.] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. --Fairfax. {Scabbard fish} (Zo["o]l.), a long, compressed, silver-colored t[ae]nioid fish ({Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus}), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called {frostfish} and considered an excellent food fish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t. To put in a scabbard. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scabbard n : a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
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