sheathed

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination“his sheathed sword”“the cat's sheathed claws”“a ship's bottom sheathed in copper”“copper-sheathed”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]

1.To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [1913 Webster]

The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes.— Grew.[1913 Webster]
'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper. [1913 Webster]

4.To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

To sheathe the sword, to make peace. [1913 Webster]

Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.

1.Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate. [1913 Webster]

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