Crossword clues for sheathed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.
Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
(Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
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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. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
--Shak.To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
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To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. [R.]
--Arbuthnot.To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: sheath)
WordNet
adj. enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper"; "copper-sheathed" [ant: unsheathed]
Usage examples of "sheathed".
So, though her lungs filled with foul water, though her heart stopped, as did all other discernible functions of the body and mind, there she stood when finally retrieved from the canal, sheathed in mud, eyes dull and the whites browned by burst vessels and lifeless blood, all in all most miserable and sadly bemused.
Each of the latter consisted of wide hallways with arched ceilings sheathed in gold-leaf.
Their only weapons were a brace of hooked daggers sheathed under their crossed arms, and if they wore any armour it was well disguised beneath long, crimson silk shirts and tan pantaloons.
The stands of coppiced trees on the flanks were sheathed in white dust.
A cairn of flat stones dominated the centre of the spiral, in the rough, awkward form of a figure standing on two legs made of stacked stones, a single broad one forming the hips, the torso made of three more, the arms each a single projecting, rectangular stone out to the side, the head a single, oblong rock sheathed in lichen.
A moment later the mass exploded outward in a hail of shards, and of the four sorcerors who had been standing there a moment earlier only two remained, sheathed in blood and reeling.
Gagging, Trull stumbled across, his moccasins plunging down into warm pockets, lifting clear sheathed in blood and bile.
He sheathed his sword and pushed Midik to one side as he came close to Tehol.
Trull saw Hannan Mosag stagger, sheathed in blood, his hands reaching back, groping, the left one landing atop one of the sacks and clutching tight.
Nearly the size of a Tarthenal, it was sheathed in black, stained iron plates, studded with green rivets.
Rhapsody sheathed the sword, dousing the light, feeling remorse for not realizing what dread the glowing radiance might be bringing to those who lived in this place of endless night.
I can do, she thought as she sheathed her sword, hurrying to catch up with Achmed and the boys.
The bells in the tower grew quiet as the sword was sheathed, leaving the alien vibration humming alone.
His sword was strapped across his back, the hilt rising above his right shoulder, and the Karpashian dagger was sheathed on his left forearm.
Her face remained calm, but she sheathed her sword as if slamming it into his heart.