Definition of sheaf

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Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw..

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Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) 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..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..
Garb :: Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified)..
Fastigiated :: Fastigiated (a.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat..
Sheafy :: Sheafy (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf..
Mow :: Mow (n.) The place in a barn where hay or grain in the sheaf is stowed.
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A sheave.
Stile :: Stilbite (n.) A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine..
Capsheaf :: Capsheaf (n.) The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.
Sheave :: Sheave (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat..
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