Definition of sheath

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

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Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath..
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..
Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Nonmedullated :: Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber..
#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..
Case Knife :: Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.
Sheather :: Sheather (n.) One who sheathes.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Quivered :: Quivered (a.) Sheathed, as in a quiver..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles..
Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.
Ligule :: Ligule (n.) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..
Exorhiza :: Exorhiza (n.) A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule.
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.
Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Sheathed.
Sheathless :: Sheathless (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
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