Definition of sheath

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Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part..

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Vaginant :: Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing..
Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case..
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..
Ochreated :: Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass..
Case Knife :: Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.
Sheating :: Sheating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheath.
Missheathed :: Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.
Sheather :: Sheather (n.) One who sheathes.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of Sheath.
Nonmedullated :: Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber..
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..
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..
Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..
Vaginula :: Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses..
Myeloidin :: Myeloidin (n.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers..
Evagination :: Evagination (n.) The act of unsheathing.
Obtundent :: Obtundent (n.) A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly the same as demulcent..
Dissheathe :: Dissheathe (v. i.) To become unsheathed.
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