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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.

To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. Hughes.

Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place. Shak.

The neurilemma.

To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war.

Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. Shak.

A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis).

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds. (b) A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles. (c) The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, an…

Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

tates. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife.