Definition of sheath

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Sheath (n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

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Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Sheathbill :: Sheathbill (n.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas..
Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.
Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To fit or furnish, as with a sheath..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper..
Vaginated :: Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf..
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath..
Sheathfish :: Sheathfish (n.) Same as Sheatfish.
Coleopterous :: Coleopterous (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.
Schwann''s Sheath :: Schwann's sheath () The neurilemma.
Sheathy :: Sheathy (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
Perimysium :: Perimysium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..
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