Definition of sheath

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Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses..

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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..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part..
Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..
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..
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.
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..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Beak :: Beak (n.) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds..
Tubicorn :: Tubicorn (n.) Any ruminant having horns composed of a bony axis covered with a horny sheath; a hollow-horned ruminant.
Quiver :: Quiver (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
Exophyllous :: Exophyllous (a.) Not sheathed in another leaf.
Endophyllous :: Endophyllous (a.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
Vaginati :: Vaginati (n. pl.) A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.
Scabbard :: Scabbard (n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of 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..
#NAME? :: Subvaginal (a.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve..
Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.
Invaginated :: Invaginated (a.) Sheathed.
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