Lexic.us

2. Noun. (pluralonly) Collective noun meaning a large amount, when used of rain, or other precipitation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sheets

1. sheet [v] - See also: sheet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheets

Literary usage of Sheets

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

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1879)
"Brightwell, 9 sheets.—East Hendred and ditto detached, No. 2, 10 sheets. ... West Hendred, 7 sheets. Buckinghamshire: Aston Clinton, 15 sheets. ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"Bucks : Edlesborough, and ditto detached, in part, 16 sheets at 2s. ... Gd., Area Book Is. Caermarthen : Llangennech, in 8 sheets, 6 at 2s. (3d., 2 at 4s., ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"6d Derby : Chapel en le Firth, iu completion, 4 sheets at 2s. Gei., 3 at 4«. ... Gd. Stafford : Drayton in Hales, in completion , 2 sheets at 2s. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"Sheet 48 filled in with parts of sheets 43, 47 (Hertfordshire); 2s. ... Derbyshire (part of): Quarter sheets, 22 SE ; 26 NW with contours; Is. each. ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"Sweden:—Topographical Map, 8 sheets; General Map of Kalmar Lan, 2 sheets; ... India Government Survey, on 95 sheets. Presented by the Secretary of State for ..."

6. American Book Prices Current (1913)
"sheets, Hoe, A., Nov. n, '12. (2590) $5.00. Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace ... sheets, une. (soiled, 2 small holes in title-page), Hoe, A., Nov. ..."

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