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ife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew. Spenser.

Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.

Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic.seas.

To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.

Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.

One who sheathes.

Same as Sheatfish.

from Sheathe. Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.

Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.

Forming or resembling a sheath or case. Sir T. Browne.

rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

Made of straw. [Obs.] Shak.

A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. [Written also shebunder.]

A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop. [Slang,U.S.]

A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [Ireland]

See Shekinah.

A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. [Obs.] Spenser.

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. The first Aletes born in lowly shed. Fairfax. Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. Sandys.

One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.