Definition of Sheathes
1. Verb. (third-person singular of sheathe) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of sheath) ¹
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Definition of Sheathes
1. sheathe [v] - See also: sheathe
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Literary usage of Sheathes
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1. A Treatise on diseases of the joints by Richard Barwell (1861)
"Tendinous sheathes.—Many of the tendons, chiefly those of the hand and foot, are
surrounded by so called sheathes, consisting internally of a fine synovial ..."
2. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... The chiefs eye flashed ; but presently Softened itself, as sheathes A film
the mother-eagle's eyo When her bruised eaglet breathes : "You're wounded! ..."
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