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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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