2. A woman; a female; — used substantively. [R.] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. Shak.
Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she- cat.
SHEADING
Shead"ing, n. Etym: [From AS. scadan, sceádan, to separate, divide.
See Shed, v. t.]
Defn: A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
SHEAF
Sheaf, n. (Mech.)
Defn: A sheave. [R.]
SHEAF Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves. Etym: [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.]
1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, — usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.
SHEAF
Sheaf, v. t.