- Written also sheath
- 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.'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
- To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
- To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
- To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.R
