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Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like..

Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A sheave.

Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

Coak :: Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) A pulley block containing several sheaves.

Sheaved :: Sheaved (a.) Made of straw.

Web :: Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc..

Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..

Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..

Sheafy :: Sheafy (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf..

Mow :: Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..

Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away..

Sheaves :: Sheaves (pl. ) of Shea.

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