Found 4 hits - Term: sheet, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sheet \sheet\, n. oe. shete, schete, as. sc=ete, sc=yte,
fr. sce'at a projecting corner, a fold in a garment akin
to d. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, g. schoss bosom, lap, flap of
a coat, icel. skaut, goth. skauts the hem of a garment;
originally, that which shoots out, from the root of as.
sce'otan to shoot. root159. see shoot, v. t.
in general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper,
cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an
expanded superficies. specifically:
a a broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for
wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used
as an article of bedding next to the body.
1913 webster
he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a
certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been
a great sheet knit at the four corners. --acts x.
10, 11.
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if i do die before thee, prithee, shroud me
in one of those same sheets. --shak.
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b a broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded,
whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a
letter; a newspaper, etc.
c a single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., the
book itself.
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to this the following sheets are intended for a
full and distinct answer. --waterland.
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d a broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other
substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like;
a plate; a leaf.
e a broad expanse of water, or the like. "the two beautiful
sheets of water." --macaulay.
f a sail. --dryden.
g geol. an extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded
between, or overlying, other strata.
1913 webster
2. as. sce'ata. see the etymology above. naut.
a a rope or chain which regulates the angle of
adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the
wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a
sail, or to a yard or a boom.
b pl. the space in the forward or the after part of a
boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern
sheets.
1913 webster
note: sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to
denote that the substance to the name of which it is
prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or
leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass,
or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron,
or sheet-iron, etc.
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a sheet in the wind, half drunk. sailors' slang
both sheets in the wind, very drunk. sailors' slang
in sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded
but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets.
sheet bend naut., a bend or hitch used for temporarily
fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an
eye.
sheet lightning, sheet piling, etc. see under
lightning, piling, etc.
1913 webster
see also:
shoot a sheet in the wind both sheets in the wind in sheets sheet bend sheet lightning
sheet piling lightning piling
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sheet \sheet\, v. t. imp. p. p. sheeted; p. pr. vb. n.
sheeting.
1. to furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover
with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "the sheeted dead."
"when snow the pasture sheets." --shak.
1913 webster
2. to expand, as a sheet.
1913 webster
the star shot flew from the welkin blue,
as it fell from the sheeted sky. --j. r. drake.
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to sheet home naut., to haul upon a sheet until the sail
is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
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see also:
sheeted sheeting to sheet home
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
sheet
n 1: any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
2: used for writing or printing syn: piece of paper, sheet
of paper
3: bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton
or linen cloth; used in pairs syn: bed sheet
4: mathematics an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will
refer to the plane of the graph as the x-y plane"; "any
line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that
plane" syn: plane
5: newspaper with half-size pages syn: tabloid, rag
6: a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and
width syn: flat solid
7: nautical a line rope or chain that regulates the angle
at which a sail is set in relation to the wind syn: tack,
mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
8: a large piece of fabric as canvas by means of which wind
is used to propel a sailing vessel syn: sail, canvas,
canvass
v 1: come down as if in sheets; "the rain was sheeting down
during the monsoon"
2: cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
see also:
piece of paper sheet of paper bed sheet plane tabloid rag
flat solid tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud
sail canvas canvass
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
135 moby thesaurus words for "sheet":
afghan, alabaster, area, article, back matter, bed linen,
bedclothes, bedcover, bedding, bedsheet, bedspread, blanket, book,
buffalo robe, cardboard, case, chalk, chapter, clause, clothes,
coat, coating, collop, comfort, comforter, contour sheet,
counterpane, cover, covering, coverlet, coverlid, cut, daily,
daily newspaper, deal, disk, driven snow, eiderdown, expanse,
extra, extra edition, fascicle, feuille, film, fitted sheet, flap,
fleece, flour, foam, foil, fold, folio, front matter, gathering,
gazette, ivory, journal, lamella, lamina, laminated glass,
laminated wood, lamination, lap, lap robe, layer, leaf, lily,
linen, maggot, membrane, milk, monthly, national newspaper,
neighborhood newspaper, news, newspaper, newspaper of record,
number, page, pane, panel, paper, paragraph, passage,
patchwork quilt, patina, pearl, peel, pellicle, phrase,
pillow slip, pillowcase, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply,
plywood, quilt, quire, rag, rasher, ream, robe, rug, safety glass,
scum, section, sentence, sheeting, signature, silver, skin, slab,
slat, slice, slip, snow, special, special edition, spread,
stationery, stratum, stretch, surface, swan, table, tablet,
tabloid, text, veneer, verse, wafer, weekly, weekly newspaper
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