Definition of Insheath

1. to ensheath [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: ensheath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insheath

insessor
insessores
insessorial
insessors
inset
insets
insetted
insetter
insetters
insetting
inseverable
inshaded
inshallah
inshave
inshaves
insheath (current term)
insheathe
insheathed
insheathes
insheathing
insheaths
inshell
inshelled
inshells
inship
inshipped
inships
inshoot
inshore
inshoring

Literary usage of Insheath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, William Cowper (1838)
"... Some smitten from the grasp, some, still insheath'd In brightest steel, and from the shoulder hewn, And pools of blood soak'd all the sable glebe. ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Let thy rejoicing sons fresh palms prepare, To grace the trophies of the finish'd war; On high be hung the martial sword insheath'd, The shield with ribbons ..."

3. Palæontology--Invertebrate by Henry Woods (1902)
"... so as to more or less completely insheath it. These funnels are termed septal necks (c); in nearly all the Nautiloidea they are directed backwards. ..."

4. The Mother: A Poem, in Five Books. by West (Jane) (1809)
"Thus, while the sword of pestilence or war insheath'd, impends o'er an offending realm, Veeps the commission'd angel to foresee The chastisements of mercy ..."

5. The Iliad and Odyssey [and The battle of the frogs and mice] tr. into Engl by Homerus (1809)
"Many a huge-hilted falchion strew'd the plain, Some smitten from the grasp, some, still insheath'd In brightest steel, and from the shoulder hewn, ..."

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