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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEATHE,
1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger.
2. To inclose or cover with a sheath or case.
The leopard-deeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew.
'Tis in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
3. To cover or line; as, to sheathe the bowels with demulcent or mucilaginous substances.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious or sharp particles.
5. To fit with a sheath.
6. To case or cover with boards or with sheets of copper; as, to sheathe a ship to protect it from the worms.
To sheathe the sword, a figurative phrase, to put an end to war or emnity; to make peace. It corresponds to the Indian phrase, to bury the hatchet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
2: enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" [ant: unsheathe]
3: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

Merriam Webster's

also sheath transitive verb (sheathed; sheathing) Etymology: Middle English shethen, from shethe sheath Date: 15th century 1. to put into or furnish with a sheath 2. to plunge or bury (as a sword) in flesh 3. to withdraw (a claw) into a sheath 4. to case or cover with something (as sheets of metal) that protects • sheather noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 put into a sheath. 2 encase; protect with a sheath. Etymology: ME f. SHEATH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sheathe Sheathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.] 1. 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. 2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sheathes, sheathing, sheathed) 1. If something is sheathed in a material or other covering, it is closely covered with it. (LITERARY) The television was sheathed in a snug coverlet. ...her long legs, sheathed in sheer black tights. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed in n, V-ed 2. When someone sheathes a knife, they put it in its sheath. (LITERARY) He sheathed the knife and strapped it to his shin. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Put into a sheath, enclose in a sheath. 2. Cover, case. 3. Cover up, hide.

Moby Thesaurus

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedrape, board, box, brick, bundle up, case, clad, clapboard, clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face, garb, garment, glass, glaze, habilitate, invest, jacket, lap, lath, muffle up, pack, package, panel, paper, plank, rag out, raiment, revet, robe, shake, shingle, shroud, side, skin, slate, smother, stone, surround, swaddle, swathe, thatch, tile, tire, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wrap, wrap about, wrap up