[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sheath \sheath\, n. oe. schethe, as. sc=aeeth,
   sce'aeth, sc=eeth; akin to os. sk=eethia, d.
   scheede, g. scheide, ohg. sceida, sw. skida, dan. skede,
   icel. skeiethir, pl., and to e. shed, v.t., originally
   meaning, to separate, to part. see shed.
   1. a case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
      other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
      1913 webster

            the dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. specifically:
      a bot. the base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
          a stem or branch, as in grasses.
      b zool. one of the elytra of an insect.
          1913 webster

   medullary sheath. anat. see under medullary.

   primitive sheath. anat. see neurilemma.

   sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
      sheath.

   sheath of schwann. anat. see schwann's sheath.
      1913 webster
see also:
shed medullary sheath medullary primitive sheath neurilemma sheath knife 
sheath of schwann schwann's sheath 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sheath
     n 1: a protective covering for a knife or sword
     2: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or
        plant organ or part syn: case
     3: a dress suitable for formal occasions syn: cocktail dress
see also:
case cocktail dress 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "sheath":
   leatherette, leatheroid, case, casing, coat, cuticle, dermis,
   encasement, fell, fleece, flesh, fur, furring, hide, imitation fur,
   imitation leather, integument, jacket, leather, leather paper,
   outer layer, outer skin, pelt, peltry, rawhide, rind, sheathing,
   skin, skins, tegument, vair

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Pink Floyd Canciones - Southampton Dock Canciones - Southampton Dock
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Barclay James Harvest Canciones - Summer Soldier Canciones - Summer Soldier
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Harum Procol Canciones - Conquistador Canciones - Conquistador
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stall definition from the Dictionary of Words Online
1913 webster 8. a covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a ... the storeroom into the shower stall that it is meant to be ... it's another lawsuit, if not from Ram or Yaaqui Sharkani ...
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