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.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.] Arbuthnot. To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
SHEATHED
Sheathed, a.
1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
SHEATHER
Sheath"er, n.
Defn: One who sheathes.
SHEATHFISH
Sheath"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Sheatfish.