Sheath
n.
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A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
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Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Medullary sheath
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See under Medullary.
- Primitive sheath
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See Neurilemma.
- Sheath knife
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a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath.
- Sheath of Schwann
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See Schwann's sheath.