2. Verb. (third-person singular of sheath) ¹
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Definition of Sheathes
1. sheathe [v] - See also: sheathe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheathes
Literary usage of Sheathes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on diseases of the joints by Richard Barwell (1861)
"Tendinous sheathes.—Many of the tendons, chiefly those of the hand and foot, are
surrounded by so called sheathes, consisting internally of a fine synovial ..."
2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... The chiefs eye flashed ; but presently Softened itself, as sheathes A film
the mother-eagle's eyo When her bruised eaglet breathes : "You're wounded! ..."
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