Definition of sheath

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Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..

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Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) A sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein..
Case Knife :: Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.
Spathed :: Spathed (a.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.
Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword..
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) 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..
Perineurium :: Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma..
Endorhizous :: Endorhizous (a.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants..
Dissheathe :: Dissheathe (v. i.) To become unsheathed.
Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..
Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.
Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Sheathed.
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To fit or furnish, as with a sheath..
Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Sheathless :: Sheathless (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.
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