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Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.

Endophyllous :: Endophyllous (a.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..

Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..

Tubicorn :: Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.

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

Concave :: Concave (n.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..

Vaginula :: Vaginula (n.) A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses..

Schwann''s White Substance :: Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath.

Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath..

Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Bandala :: Bandala (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

Sheather :: Sheather (n.) One who sheathes.

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..

Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..

Insheathe :: Insheathe (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Copper :: Copper (v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship..

Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..

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