Crossword clues for unsheathe
unsheathe
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unsheathe \Un*sheathe"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheath.] To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
To unsheathe the sword, to make war.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. vb. To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
WordNet
v. draw from a sheathe or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword" [ant: sheathe]
Usage examples of "unsheathe".
The howling clang of unsheathed steel shattered hearing, strike after desperate, balked strike.
Graceway to find a solid phalanx in Den Janaquel livery surrounding Messire and Camarl, sworn men with staffs levelled and sergeants-at-arms carrying unsheathed swords.
Just in case of trouble he unsheathed the eighteen-inch steel blade of his panga, then clambered inside the hearse, feeling it rock on the soft springs, aware of a strange, musty smell, like pepper and dog piss, salt and sugar.
It wholly depended upon the empress of Russia to extinguish the flames of the war, without unsheathing the sword, by pursuing the measures suggested by the king.
The young Roman had crept behind them, his spatha unsheathed, his cloak bunched around his left arm as makeshift shield.
The Thracian walked in with unsheathed spatha and without fear, his forearms roped with muscle, his eyes dark and wary, his torso erect, his manner deliberate.
With a broad-bladed dagger and stout, unsheathed cutlass on his belt, the caravaneer recognized his own breed.
Her powerful hind legs, their claws unsheathed lashed vainly at the wizard, who twisted from her paws and now clung to her arching back.
He drew the broad-bladed obsidian dagger Tool had made for him, settled the hide-wrapped grip in his right hand, then unsheathed his own iron knife with his left.
It attacked with appalling speed, a sudden unleashing of coiled muscles that ended with a swipe of one unsheathed paw as it tried to hook a claw into the protruding hands.
It was only two feet away from him, its teeth were bared and its claws unsheathed, and there was a glint in its yellow eyes.
He could smell the beast, see its unsheathed claws on the stone, see the glint in its eyes.
The Tippoo smiled, tossed the gun aside and unsheathed his tiger-hilted sword.
Captain Mapstone squinted at her, a lamp in one hand, her unsheathed sword in the other.
Before they could roll to their feet the Irishman had unsheathed his own dagger and cut, with two quick flicks of the blade, their belts, so that their hands now had to be occupied with holding their clothing together.