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Sheathy :: Sheathy (a.) Forming or resembling a sheath or case.

Schwann''s Sheath :: Schwann's sheath () The neurilemma.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Coleopterous :: Coleopterous (a.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..

Sarcolemma :: Sarcolemma (n.) The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.

Case Knife :: Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case.

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

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

Involucrum :: Involucrum (n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To pull from a sheath, as a sword..

Ligule :: Ligule (n.) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.

Supravision :: Supravaginal (a.) Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

Quiver :: Quiver (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.

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

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

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

Vaginant :: Vaginant (a.) Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing..

Medullated :: Medullated (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber..

Slip :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..

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