sheathev.

Brit.

/ʃiːð/, U.S.

/ʃið/

Forms: Also technical sheath /ʃiːθ/. Forms: Middle English schethe, Middle English–1500s shethe, (1600s sheate), 1500s–1800s sheath, 1500s– sheathe, 1600s sheth.

Etymology: < sheath n.¹

†1. transitive. To fit or furnish (a sword, etc.) with a sheath. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > fit with sheath

sheathe?a1400

?a1400 Morte Arth. 3853 He schokkes owtte a schorte knyfe schethede with silvere.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 121 Walters dagger was not come from sheathing .

a. To put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath or scabbard. to sheathe the sword (fig.): to cease hostilities, to put an end to war or enmity.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > be at peace [verb (intransitive)] > cease hostilities

to sheathe the swordc1430

to bury the hatchet1535

truce1569

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > sheathe (sword)

to put upa1425

sheathec1430

scabbard1579

sheathe1607

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > sheathe

sheathe1530

sheathe1607

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxxii. 20 J bithouht me what j shulde do..with þilke swerd yshethed, seled, wrapped.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 702/1 I shethe a knyfe or a sworde, I put them in to their shethe... Shethe your sworde, you be man good ynoughe.

a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. G4 Mars come thundering downe, And neuer sheath thy swift reuenging swoorde.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 213 Still allowing to Kings and their Senates, and Counsailes, right of drawing or sheathing the sword.

a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 273 The Confederate Catholicks of Ireland were iointly and seuerally sworne,..neuer to sheate theire sworde untill they see the lustre of religion florish in Ireland.

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 9 In Days of Ease, when now the weary Sword Was sheath'd, and Luxury with Charles restor'd.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. i. 7 Enough, (said I to him, sheathing my sword) I am not a brute, to refuse to hear reason.

1812 Ld. Byron Tambourgi iv, in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. 98 Those scarfs of blood-red shall be redder, before The sabre is sheath'd and the battle is o'er.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. ix. i. 263 He restrained himself sufficiently to sheath his sword.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 575 The sword should not be sheathed till he had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor.

1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1896) 210 And then the ancient blade he sheathed.

†b. with up. Also transferred. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > sheathe (sword)

to put upa1425

sheathec1430

scabbard1579

sheathe1607

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > sheathe

sheathe1530

sheathe1607

1607 R. Turner Nosce Te sig. C3^v Being soundly bangde he sheathde his dagger vp.

1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching 9 May I..like Salomons sluggard, sheathe vp my hands into my bosome and renounce husbandrie?

1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes ii. x. 35 But perceiving no body to appear, he presently sheathed up his sword.

1744 J. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 42 I will not..beg Thee to sheath up thy Sword.

c. transferred. To bury (a sword) as in a sheath (e.g. in an enemy's body). Also with object an animal's tusk, claw, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > thrust (a sword)

pickc1487

stoke1513

sheathe1585

shrine1614

rit1808

1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo Fedele & Fortunio sig. F2^v Attilia tolde me, that her mistresse had made a request, To Crack-stone, to sheathe his sworde in your brest.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. E^v A churlish swine..Whose tushes neuer sheathd, he whetteth still.

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Giiij The..swine, Sheath'd..his tuske in his soft groine.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. v. 69 Dispatch Me heere, heere sheath thy sword, Ile pardon thee my death.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 37 Within his [a bull's] throat they sheath'd the knife.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. iv. 48 'Tis in my Breast she sheaths her Dagger now.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. x. 82 He beat down his Guard, and sheathed one half of his Sword in the Body of the said Gentleman.

1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes xxi. 270 The hand of his foe..still grasped the hilt of the dagger sheathed in the wound.

d. figurative. To lay aside, cause to be laid aside (hostility, malice). Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > peace > [verb (transitive)] > cease (hostilities)

sheathe1602

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > make patient > lay aside impatience

sheathe1602

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. iii. 76 Sheth your impatience, Throw cold water on your collor.

1752 E. Young Brothers i. i Sheath your resentments in your father's peace.

1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 16 This ought to sheath plebeian malignity.

e. To retract or draw in (the claws).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [verb (transitive)] > retract (claws)

sheathe1681

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. 12 The Leopard..always keeps the Claws of his fore-feet turned up from the ground, and sheath'd as it were in the Skin of his Toes.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 88 He sheathes his paws, uncurls his angry mane.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 153 With tranquil eyes and talons sheathed, The ounce expects his liberty.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 105 His [sc. the lion's] claws are sheathed.

a. To cover or encase (esp. a person or part of the body) in (something, usually protective).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > encase or sheathe

casea1525

to case up1566

ensheath1593

encase1633

shell1637

sheathea1640

invaginate1656

jacket1861

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. ii. 28 Thy procurer Shall be sheath'd in Velvet.

a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 140 The [petrifying] spring..sheaths everything with stony cases.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 453 In meet Array, Sheath'd in refulgent Arms, a noble Band Advance.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxiii. 38 Many a bosom, sheathed in brass, Strew'd the earth like broken glass.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. i. 6 Warriors sheathed in complete steel.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lvi. 137 She started impulsively to her full height, sheathed in her white shawl.

figurative and in extended use.1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 515 Every analogy tends to establish the Belief, that the Body & the Senses are the means of sheathing & shielding the Soul.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 8 People seem sheathed in their tough organization.1885 Truth 28 May 850/1 Plumpness sheathes the nerves and gives an impression of good humour.

b. To cover from view. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

i-hedec888

dernc893

hidec897

wryOE

behelec1000

behidec1000

bewryc1000

forhidec1000

overheleOE

hilla1250

fealc1325

cover1340

forcover1382

blinda1400

hulsterc1400

overclosec1400

concealc1425

shroud1426

blend1430

close1430

shadow1436

obumber?1440

mufflea1450

alaynec1450

mew?c1450

purloin1461

to keep close?1471

oversilec1478

bewrap1481

supprime1490

occulta1500

silec1500

smoor1513

shadec1530

skleir1532

oppressa1538

hudder-mudder1544

pretex1548

lap?c1550

absconce1570

to steek away1575

couch1577

recondite1578

huddle1581

mew1581

enshrine1582

enshroud1582

mask1582

veil1582

abscondc1586

smotherc1592

blot1593

sheathe1594

immask1595

secret1595

bemist1598

palliate1598

hoodwinka1600

overmaska1600

hugger1600

obscure1600

upwrap1600

undisclose1601

disguise1605

screen1611

underfold1612

huke1613

eclipsea1616

encavea1616

ensconcea1616

obscurify1622

cloud1623

inmewa1625

beclouda1631

pretext1634

covert1647

sconce1652

tapisa1660

shun1661

sneak1701

overlay1719

secrete1741

blank1764

submerge1796

slur1813

wrap1817

buttress1820

stifle1820

disidentify1845

to stick away1900

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D2^v Her eyes like Marigolds had sheath'd their light.

†c. to sheathe up: to envelop so as to confine or obstruct. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]

pena1200

bebar?c1225

loukc1275

beshuta1300

parc1300

to shut in1398

to close inc1400

parrockc1400

pinc1400

steekc1400

lock?a1425

includec1425

key?a1439

spare?c1450

enferme1481

terminea1500

bebay1511

imprisona1533

besetc1534

hema1552

ram1567

warda1586

closet1589

pound1589

seclude1598

confine1600

i-pend1600

uptie1600

pinfold1605

boundify1606

incoop1608

to round in1609

ring1613

to buckle ina1616

embounda1616

swathe1624

hain1636

coopa1660

to sheathe up1661

stivea1722

cloister1723

span1844

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > so as to confine or obstruct

to sheathe up1661

1661 R. Boyle Physico-chym. Ess. Salt-petre in Certain Physiol. Ess. 123 Those active parts of a body which are of differing Natures, when they are as it were Sheath'd up, or Wedg'd in amongst others in the texture of a Concrete.

1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xiii. 64 The rich fat wort sheathes up the pores of the hop, and, as it were, embalms the leaves.

†a. Medicine. To mitigate the acridity or pungency of (a drug) by the use of an emollient vehicle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > of medicine: act [verb (transitive)] > mitigate acridity or pungency of drug

sheathe1731

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 58 Other Substances..opposite to..Acrimony which are call'd demulcent or mild, because they blunt or sheath these sharp Salts..such as Pease, Beans [etc.].

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wine It had a pleasing softness that sheathed the acrimony of the spirit, and covered the bitter taste of the hop.

1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 544 Its acrimony requires to be sheathed with some bland powder, as starch.

b. gen. To mitigate the painfulness of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of

rebate1579

infringe1604

unvenom1611

unsting1612

blunt1732

sheathe1820

buffer1894

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 77 The barb of misfortune is sheathed in the mildness of the writer's temperament.

1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. ii. 2 The innumerous Sweet songs which for this Italy outrang From older singers' lips, who sang..with pang Sheathed into music, touched the heart of us So finely that the pity scarcely pained!

5. (Often sheath.)

a. To cover (a ship, a door, roof, etc.) with a sheathing of metal.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal

couch14..

platec1425

bush1566

gild1611

sheathe1615

water1637

tincture1670

laminate1697

wash1792

replate1796

rebush1864

electro1891

metallize1911

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > encase or sheathe > with metal

sheathe1615

1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 62 We..brought her agrownd before the English howse to sheath her [the ship].

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 13 Barnacles..will eat thorow all the Plankes if she be not sheathed, which is as casing the Hull vnder water with Tar, and Haire, close couered ouer with thin boords fast nailed to the Hull.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 346/2 They Sheath Ships with Lead.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxviii There was no occasion for a good while to sheath any of the Kings Ships.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 332 His majesty's frigate the Alarm..was sheathed with copper, by way of trial.

1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 233 At the more solemn festivals, the high Altar in the richer churches, was sheathed in a gold or silver frontal, studded with precious stones.

1883 P. H. Hunter Story Daniel ix. 161 The exterior of the dome is sheathed with burnished copper.

1885 W. C. Russell Strange Voy. I. ii. 21 The ship..had been newly sheathed, and the yellow metal..gleamed dully, like old gold.

1909 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 346/2 The doors [of the temple] are sheathed in silver.

b. To cover (a tree-trunk) with a ‘sheathing’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > sheathe trunk

sheathe1842

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 431 Sheathing the stems of standard trees..should not be neglected.

c. To cover a telegraph cable with a protective envelope.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [verb (transitive)] > sheathe or shackle off cable

shackle1853

sheathe1884

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/2 These wire-sheathing machines..will sheath fifty miles of cables in a day.

d. To place (a photographic plate) in a sheath.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > sheathe plate

sheathe1892

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 263 With regard to sheaths for the plates—these may be used,..but in the course of several years..no plate has ever been sheathed.

6. Natural History. To surround with a ‘sheath’ or covering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [verb (transitive)] > outer covering

sheathe1664

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 36 Those black filaments..which are sheathed in her [the snail's] horns.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 215 Leaves rather longer than the joints of the stem, not at all sheathing it.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Leaves alternate, slightly sheathing at the base.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 109 Stem..sheathed below by obtuse leafless stipules.

1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) i. 10 A mass of red flesh, sheathed in connective tissue.

1882–4 M. C. Cooke Brit. Fresh-water Algæ I. 195 A hyaline bristle, which is sheathed at its base.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheathe
释义	sheathen. nonstandard spelling of scythe n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harvesting equipment > [noun] > reaping tools > scythe scythec725 lea1483 sheathea1660 peck1784 scythe-hook1844 shear1887 a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 125 A numerous heape of sheathes and other instruments to cutt and mowe corne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sheathev. Brit. /ʃiːð/, U.S. /ʃið/ Forms: Also technical sheath /ʃiːθ/. Forms: Middle English schethe, Middle English–1500s shethe, (1600s sheate), 1500s–1800s sheath, 1500s– sheathe, 1600s sheth. Etymology: < sheath n.¹ †1. transitive. To fit or furnish (a sword, etc.) with a sheath. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > fit with sheath sheathe?a1400 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3853 He schokkes owtte a schorte knyfe schethede with silvere. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. i. 121 Walters dagger was not come from sheathing . View more context for this quotation 2. a. To put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath or scabbard. to sheathe the sword (fig.): to cease hostilities, to put an end to war or enmity. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > be at peace [verb (intransitive)] > cease hostilities to sheathe the swordc1430 to bury the hatchet1535 truce1569 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > sheathe (sword) to put upa1425 sheathec1430 scabbard1579 sheathe1607 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > sheathe sheathe1530 sheathe1607 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. xxxii. 20 J bithouht me what j shulde do..with þilke swerd yshethed, seled, wrapped. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 702/1 I shethe a knyfe or a sworde, I put them in to their shethe... Shethe your sworde, you be man good ynoughe. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. G4 Mars come thundering downe, And neuer sheath thy swift reuenging swoorde. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 213 Still allowing to Kings and their Senates, and Counsailes, right of drawing or sheathing the sword. a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 273 The Confederate Catholicks of Ireland were iointly and seuerally sworne,..neuer to sheate theire sworde untill they see the lustre of religion florish in Ireland. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 9 In Days of Ease, when now the weary Sword Was sheath'd, and Luxury with Charles restor'd. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas III. vii. i. 7 Enough, (said I to him, sheathing my sword) I am not a brute, to refuse to hear reason. 1812 Ld. Byron Tambourgi iv, in Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. 98 Those scarfs of blood-red shall be redder, before The sabre is sheath'd and the battle is o'er. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. ix. i. 263 He restrained himself sufficiently to sheath his sword. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 575 The sword should not be sheathed till he had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor. 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1896) 210 And then the ancient blade he sheathed. †b. with up. Also transferred. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > sheathe (sword) to put upa1425 sheathec1430 scabbard1579 sheathe1607 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > stab with knife [verb (transitive)] > sheathe sheathe1530 sheathe1607 1607 R. Turner Nosce Te sig. C3^v Being soundly bangde he sheathde his dagger vp. 1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching 9 May I..like Salomons sluggard, sheathe vp my hands into my bosome and renounce husbandrie? 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes ii. x. 35 But perceiving no body to appear, he presently sheathed up his sword. 1744 J. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) i. 42 I will not..beg Thee to sheath up thy Sword. c. transferred. To bury (a sword) as in a sheath (e.g. in an enemy's body). Also with object an animal's tusk, claw, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > thrust (a sword) pickc1487 stoke1513 sheathe1585 shrine1614 rit1808 1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo Fedele & Fortunio sig. F2^v Attilia tolde me, that her mistresse had made a request, To Crack-stone, to sheathe his sworde in your brest. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. E^v A churlish swine..Whose tushes neuer sheathd, he whetteth still. View more context for this quotation 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Giiij The..swine, Sheath'd..his tuske in his soft groine. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. v. 69 Dispatch Me heere, heere sheath thy sword, Ile pardon thee my death. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 37 Within his [a bull's] throat they sheath'd the knife. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. iv. 48 'Tis in my Breast she sheaths her Dagger now. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. x. 82 He beat down his Guard, and sheathed one half of his Sword in the Body of the said Gentleman. View more context for this quotation 1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes xxi. 270 The hand of his foe..still grasped the hilt of the dagger sheathed in the wound. d. figurative. To lay aside, cause to be laid aside (hostility, malice). Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [verb (transitive)] > cease (hostilities) sheathe1602 the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > make patient > lay aside impatience sheathe1602 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. iii. 76 Sheth your impatience, Throw cold water on your collor. 1752 E. Young Brothers i. i Sheath your resentments in your father's peace. 1773 J. Allen Assoc. against Established Church Indefensible 16 This ought to sheath plebeian malignity. e. To retract or draw in (the claws). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [verb (transitive)] > retract (claws) sheathe1681 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. 12 The Leopard..always keeps the Claws of his fore-feet turned up from the ground, and sheath'd as it were in the Skin of his Toes. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 88 He sheathes his paws, uncurls his angry mane. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 153 With tranquil eyes and talons sheathed, The ounce expects his liberty. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 105 His [sc. the lion's] claws are sheathed. 3. a. To cover or encase (esp. a person or part of the body) in (something, usually protective). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > encase or sheathe casea1525 to case up1566 ensheath1593 encase1633 shell1637 sheathea1640 invaginate1656 jacket1861 a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iv. ii. 28 Thy procurer Shall be sheath'd in Velvet. a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 140 The [petrifying] spring..sheaths everything with stony cases. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 453 In meet Array, Sheath'd in refulgent Arms, a noble Band Advance. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxiii. 38 Many a bosom, sheathed in brass, Strew'd the earth like broken glass. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. i. 6 Warriors sheathed in complete steel. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lvi. 137 She started impulsively to her full height, sheathed in her white shawl. figurative and in extended use.1814 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 515 Every analogy tends to establish the Belief, that the Body & the Senses are the means of sheathing & shielding the Soul.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 8 People seem sheathed in their tough organization.1885 Truth 28 May 850/1 Plumpness sheathes the nerves and gives an impression of good humour. b. To cover from view. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D2^v Her eyes like Marigolds had sheath'd their light. View more context for this quotation †c. to sheathe up: to envelop so as to confine or obstruct. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > so as to confine or obstruct to sheathe up1661 1661 R. Boyle Physico-chym. Ess. Salt-petre in Certain Physiol. Ess. 123 Those active parts of a body which are of differing Natures, when they are as it were Sheath'd up, or Wedg'd in amongst others in the texture of a Concrete. 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xiii. 64 The rich fat wort sheathes up the pores of the hop, and, as it were, embalms the leaves. 4. †a. Medicine. To mitigate the acridity or pungency of (a drug) by the use of an emollient vehicle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > of medicine: act [verb (transitive)] > mitigate acridity or pungency of drug sheathe1731 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments v. 58 Other Substances..opposite to..Acrimony which are call'd demulcent or mild, because they blunt or sheath these sharp Salts..such as Pease, Beans [etc.]. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wine It had a pleasing softness that sheathed the acrimony of the spirit, and covered the bitter taste of the hop. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 544 Its acrimony requires to be sheathed with some bland powder, as starch. b. gen. To mitigate the painfulness of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > lessen severe effect of rebate1579 infringe1604 unvenom1611 unsting1612 blunt1732 sheathe1820 buffer1894 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 77 The barb of misfortune is sheathed in the mildness of the writer's temperament. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. ii. 2 The innumerous Sweet songs which for this Italy outrang From older singers' lips, who sang..with pang Sheathed into music, touched the heart of us So finely that the pity scarcely pained! 5. (Often sheath.) a. To cover (a ship, a door, roof, etc.) with a sheathing of metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal couch14.. platec1425 bush1566 gild1611 sheathe1615 water1637 tincture1670 laminate1697 wash1792 replate1796 rebush1864 electro1891 metallize1911 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > encase or sheathe > with metal sheathe1615 1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 62 We..brought her agrownd before the English howse to sheath her [the ship]. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 13 Barnacles..will eat thorow all the Plankes if she be not sheathed, which is as casing the Hull vnder water with Tar, and Haire, close couered ouer with thin boords fast nailed to the Hull. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 346/2 They Sheath Ships with Lead. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxviii There was no occasion for a good while to sheath any of the Kings Ships. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 332 His majesty's frigate the Alarm..was sheathed with copper, by way of trial. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 233 At the more solemn festivals, the high Altar in the richer churches, was sheathed in a gold or silver frontal, studded with precious stones. 1883 P. H. Hunter Story Daniel ix. 161 The exterior of the dome is sheathed with burnished copper. 1885 W. C. Russell Strange Voy. I. ii. 21 The ship..had been newly sheathed, and the yellow metal..gleamed dully, like old gold. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 346/2 The doors [of the temple] are sheathed in silver. b. To cover (a tree-trunk) with a ‘sheathing’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > sheathe trunk sheathe1842 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 431 Sheathing the stems of standard trees..should not be neglected. c. To cover a telegraph cable with a protective envelope. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [verb (transitive)] > sheathe or shackle off cable shackle1853 sheathe1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/2 These wire-sheathing machines..will sheath fifty miles of cables in a day. d. To place (a photographic plate) in a sheath. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > action of taking photograph > photograph [verb (transitive)] > sheathe plate sheathe1892 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 263 With regard to sheaths for the plates—these may be used,..but in the course of several years..no plate has ever been sheathed. 6. Natural History. To surround with a ‘sheath’ or covering. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [verb (transitive)] > outer covering sheathe1664 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 36 Those black filaments..which are sheathed in her [the snail's] horns. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 215 Leaves rather longer than the joints of the stem, not at all sheathing it. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Leaves alternate, slightly sheathing at the base. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 109 Stem..sheathed below by obtuse leafless stipules. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) i. 10 A mass of red flesh, sheathed in connective tissue. 1882–4 M. C. Cooke Brit. Fresh-water Algæ I. 195 A hyaline bristle, which is sheathed at its base. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1660v.?a1400
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