sheave¹ /shēv/

1. A shive, slice, slab
2. A grooved wheel, pulley-wheel
3. A fragment
4. A speck, particle of impurity, as in paper

sheaf /shēf/

1. A bundle of things bound side by side, esp stalks of corn
2. A bundle of papers
3. A bundle of (usu 24) arrows

sheaf or sheave transitive verb

To bind in sheaves

To make sheaves

sheafˈy adjective

sheaved adjective

1. In sheaves
2. Flared
3. Perh, made of straw (Shakespeare)

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