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Shave (?), v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
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Shave (?), n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See , v. t.] 1. A thin slice; a shaving. Wright.
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2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
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3. (a) An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.] (b) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular. [Cant, U.S.] N. Biddle.
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4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.
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5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. Shave grass (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under . -- Coloq. Shave hook , a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.
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Shaveling (?), n. A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.
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I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back.
Sir W. Scott.
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Shaver (?), n. 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
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2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
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3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
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By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
Knolles.
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4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] “These unlucky little shavers.”
Salmagundi.
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As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
Dickens.
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5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
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Coloq. A note shaver , a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
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Shaving, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.
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2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. “Shaving of silver.” Chaucer.
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Coloq. Shaving brush , a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.
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Shaw (sh�), n. [OE. schawe, schaȝe, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skōgr.] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
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Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw.
Chaucer.
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The green shaws, the merry green woods.
Howitt.
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2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Shawfowl, n. [Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl.] The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson.
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Shawl (?), n. [Per. & Hind. shāl: cf. F. châle.] A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
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Coloq. India shawl , a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. -- Coloq. Shawl goat (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.
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Shawl, v. t. To wrap in a shawl. Thackeray.
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Shawm (?), n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See , and cf. .] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.] Otway.
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Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute.
Drayton.
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Shawnees (?), n. pl.; sing. Shawnee (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
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Shay (?), n. A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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She (?), pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. (�) or Hers (�); obj. Her; pl. nom. They (?); poss. Their (?) or Theirs (�); obj. Them (?).] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, sī, si, Icel. sū, sjā, Goth. si she, sō, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. �, fem. article, Skr. sā, syā. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See .] 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
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She loved her children best in every wise.
Chaucer.
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Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid.
Gen. xviii. 15.
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2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
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Lady, you are the cruelest she alive.
Shak.
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☞ She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat.
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Sheading (?), n. [From AS. scādan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See , v. t.] A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
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Sheaf (?), n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.]
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Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves (#). [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See .] 1. 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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The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.
Dryden.
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2. 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.
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The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
Dryden.
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Sheaf, v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
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Sheaf (?), v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
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They that reap must sheaf and bind.
Shak.
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Sheafy (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
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Sheal (?), n. Same as . [Scot.]
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Sheal, v. t. To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]
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Sheal, v. t. [See .] To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.
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That's a shealed peascod.
Shak.
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Sheal, n. A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Shealing, n. The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Shealing, n. Same as . [Scot.]
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Shear (shēr), v. t. [imp. Sheared (?) or Shore (�);p. p. Sheared or Shorn (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski�re, Gr. ���. Cf. , , , , to turn aside.] 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.
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☞ It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.
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2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
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Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
Shak.
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3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
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5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See , n., 4.
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Shear, n. [AS. sceara. See , v. t.] 1. A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See .
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On his head came razor none, nor shear.
Chaucer.
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Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
Dryden.
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2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
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After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; . . . at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
Youatt.
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3. (Engin.) An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
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4. (Mech.) A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.
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Coloq. Shear blade , one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine. -- Coloq. Shear hulk . See under . -- Coloq. Shear steel , a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.
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Shear, v. i. 1. To deviate. See .
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2. (Engin.) To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
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Shearbill, n. (Zoöl.) The black skimmer. See .
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Sheard (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Shearer (?), n. 1. One who shears.
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Like a lamb dumb before his shearer.
Acts viii. 32.
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2. A reaper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Shearing, n. 1. The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
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2. The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
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3. Same as . Youatt.
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4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
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5. The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
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6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
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7. (Mining) The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
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Coloq. Shearing machine . (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine for shearing cloth.
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Shearling (?), n. A sheep but once sheared.
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Shearman (?), n.; pl. Shearmen (�). One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
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Shearn (?), n. [AS. scearn. Cf. .] Dung; excrement. [Obs.] [Written also shern.] Holland.
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Shears (?), n. pl. [Formerly used also in the singular. See , n., 1.] 1. A cutting instrument. Specifically: (a) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.
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Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain.
Pope.
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(b) A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for shearing sheep or skins. (c) A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
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2. Anything in the form of shears. Specifically: (a) A pair of wings. [Obs.] Spenser. (b) An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. [Written also sheers.]
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3. (Mach.) The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under .
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Coloq. Rotary shears . See under .
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Shear steel. See under .
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Sheartail (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The common tern. (b) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.
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Shearwater (?), n. [Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See .
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Sheatfish (?), n. [Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid, schaiden.] (Zoöl.) A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See .
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Sheath (?), n. [OE. schethe, AS. scǣð, sceáð, scēð; akin to OS. skēðia, D. scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede, Icel. skeiðir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally meaning, to separate, to part. See .] 1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
Spenser.
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2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. (b) (Zoöl.) One of the elytra of an insect.
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Coloq. Medullary sheath . (Anat.) See under . -- Coloq. Primitive sheath . (Anat.) See . -- Coloq. Sheath knife , a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath. -- Coloq. Sheath of Schwann . (Anat.) See .
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Sheathbill (?), n. (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.
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☞ They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white.
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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.
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The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes.
Grew.
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'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
Dryden.
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2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak.
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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.
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4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] Arbuthnot.
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Coloq. To sheathe the sword , to make peace.
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Sheathed (?), a. 1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
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2. (Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
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Sheather (?), n. One who sheathes.
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Sheathfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Sheathing (?), p. pr. & a. from . Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
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Sheathing, n. That which sheathes. Specifically: (a) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing. (b) (Arch.) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
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Sheathless (?), a. Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
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Sheath-winged (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.
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Sheathy (?), a. Forming or resembling a sheath or case. Sir T. Browne.
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Shea tree (?). (Bot.) An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia Parkii syn. Butyrospermum Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
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