sheetedadj.

/ˈʃiːtɪd/

Etymology: < sheet n.¹ or sheet v.¹

a. Wrapped in a sheet, esp. a winding-sheet: applied to the dead and ghosts.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > wrapped in shroud or cerecloth

sheeted1604

enshrouded1830

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 106 + 8 The sheeted dead Did squeake and gibber in the Roman streets.

1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 50 Shrowded and sheeted carkeyses.

1786 S. Rogers Ode Superstit. i. ii. 9 The sheeted spectre, rising from the tomb.

1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 109 Church-yard tales of sheeted ghosts.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lv. 131 He saw Gwendolen..pale as one of the sheeted dead.

b. Enveloped in a sheet or sheets for protection against injury, cold, etc.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > wrapped in specific material

matted1758

sheeted1766

wire-wrapped1860

towelled1920

burlapped1927

cellophaned1927

poly-wrapped1965

shrink-wrapped1970

bubble-wrapped1985

1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 104 1 sheeted box containing books.

1840 T. C. Haliburton Let. Bag Great Western (U.K. ed.) i. 7 Sheeted, blanketed, and quilted, I remain enveloped in the drapery of my bed.

1884 Longman's Mag. Apr. 610 A string of some thirty sheeted horses are walking round and round.

1896 Idler Mar. 277 The paltry gas-jets on the stage..were just sufficient to show the sheeted boxes and a few of the front rows of stalls.

2. In the form of a sheet; expanded or spread out like a sheet: chiefly of rain, snow, lightning.

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the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out

openc1350

expanded?a1475

spread?c1510

splayeda1547

bredea1550

extended1552

spreaded1567

displayed1578

well-spread1600

outspreada1618

spreaden1620

expansed1628

extent1633

spread-out1644

explicate1661

expatiated1681

patulous1682

expatiate1702

sheeted1797

a-spread1879

1797 New Ann. Reg. 1796 Poetry 164 Thro' plashy glade Where crackles, at each step, the sheeted ice.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Wanderings Cain in Wks. (1907) 345 The sheeted lightning.

1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxvi. 37 Then sheeted rain burst down.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. v. 100 The sheeted smoke with flashes of flame intermingled.

1851 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace ii. i The two armies lay down amidst the sheeted snow.

1904 R. Bridges Demeter 551 The useless poppy in sheeted scarlet.

3. Of cattle: Having a broad band of white round the body. (Cf. sheet-cow n. at sheet n.¹ Compounds 2.)

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular markings

hawked?a1513

scored1535

tailed1539

rigged1555

spink1558

spanged1582

spinked1588

wanded1713

finched1786

sparky1787

finch-backed1790

sheeted1834

1834 W. Youatt Cattle 28 They are called sheeted oxen. The head, the neck, the shoulders, and the hind parts appear as if they were uncovered, while there is a sheet fairly and perfectly thrown over the barrel.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! v That sheeted heifer of Prowse's.

1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 ii. 389 In colour usually ‘sheeted’ black and white.

4. Printing. (See quot. 1888.)

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1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 123 Sheeted, this expression is used when heavily printed work has to be placed sheet by sheet between other sheets to prevent off-set of ink.

5. Geology. Of rock (esp. granite) or a rock formation: having been divided into thin laminæ; sheeted zone, a belt of highly fissured rock associated with a fault, the fissures frequently being occupied by veins of minerals.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > type of zone

greenstone belt1872

sheeted zone1903

shatter belt1910

fault zone1931

slide area1959

fracture-zone1965

subduction zone1970

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [adjective] > texture > laminated

scaly1538

scissile1552

platy1789

flat-bedded1793

schistose1794

schistous1803

sheeted1903

1903 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 213. 99 The granite is sheeted near the veins, the planes of sheeting being parallel to the veins themselves.

1905 H. Ries Econ. Geol. xvii. 339 (caption) Ore along sheeted zone.

1905 H. Ries Econ. Geol. xvii. 340 Composite veins in sheeted basalt dikes.

1939 W. H. Emmons et al. Geol. (ed. 2) xvii. 425 Some veins fill single openings..others fill closely spaced parallel openings, which are sheeted zones.

1943 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 51 82/1 During the glacial epoch these sheeted granites..must have been easily plucked and quarried by the advancing ice.

1974 Nature 29 Nov. 375/2 Shattered pebbles and sheeted bedrock are common weathering phenomena in most modern deserts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sheeted
释义	sheetedadj. /ˈʃiːtɪd/ Etymology: < sheet n.¹ or sheet v.¹ 1. a. Wrapped in a sheet, esp. a winding-sheet: applied to the dead and ghosts. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > wrapped in shroud or cerecloth sheeted1604 enshrouded1830 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 106 + 8 The sheeted dead Did squeake and gibber in the Roman streets. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 50 Shrowded and sheeted carkeyses. 1786 S. Rogers Ode Superstit. i. ii. 9 The sheeted spectre, rising from the tomb. 1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 109 Church-yard tales of sheeted ghosts. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lv. 131 He saw Gwendolen..pale as one of the sheeted dead. b. Enveloped in a sheet or sheets for protection against injury, cold, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > wrapped in specific material matted1758 sheeted1766 wire-wrapped1860 towelled1920 burlapped1927 cellophaned1927 poly-wrapped1965 shrink-wrapped1970 bubble-wrapped1985 1766 W. Gordon Gen. Counting-house 104 1 sheeted box containing books. 1840 T. C. Haliburton Let. Bag Great Western (U.K. ed.) i. 7 Sheeted, blanketed, and quilted, I remain enveloped in the drapery of my bed. 1884 Longman's Mag. Apr. 610 A string of some thirty sheeted horses are walking round and round. 1896 Idler Mar. 277 The paltry gas-jets on the stage..were just sufficient to show the sheeted boxes and a few of the front rows of stalls. 2. In the form of a sheet; expanded or spread out like a sheet: chiefly of rain, snow, lightning. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 1797 New Ann. Reg. 1796 Poetry 164 Thro' plashy glade Where crackles, at each step, the sheeted ice. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Wanderings Cain in Wks. (1907) 345 The sheeted lightning. 1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxxvi. 37 Then sheeted rain burst down. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. v. 100 The sheeted smoke with flashes of flame intermingled. 1851 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace ii. i The two armies lay down amidst the sheeted snow. 1904 R. Bridges Demeter 551 The useless poppy in sheeted scarlet. 3. Of cattle: Having a broad band of white round the body. (Cf. sheet-cow n. at sheet n.¹ Compounds 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > having particular markings hawked?a1513 scored1535 tailed1539 rigged1555 spink1558 spanged1582 spinked1588 wanded1713 finched1786 sparky1787 finch-backed1790 sheeted1834 1834 W. Youatt Cattle 28 They are called sheeted oxen. The head, the neck, the shoulders, and the hind parts appear as if they were uncovered, while there is a sheet fairly and perfectly thrown over the barrel. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! v That sheeted heifer of Prowse's. 1858 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 19 ii. 389 In colour usually ‘sheeted’ black and white. 4. Printing. (See quot. 1888.) ΚΠ 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 123 Sheeted, this expression is used when heavily printed work has to be placed sheet by sheet between other sheets to prevent off-set of ink. 5. Geology. Of rock (esp. granite) or a rock formation: having been divided into thin laminæ; sheeted zone, a belt of highly fissured rock associated with a fault, the fissures frequently being occupied by veins of minerals. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > type of zone greenstone belt1872 sheeted zone1903 shatter belt1910 fault zone1931 slide area1959 fracture-zone1965 subduction zone1970 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [adjective] > texture > laminated scaly1538 scissile1552 platy1789 flat-bedded1793 schistose1794 schistous1803 sheeted1903 1903 Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 213. 99 The granite is sheeted near the veins, the planes of sheeting being parallel to the veins themselves. 1905 H. Ries Econ. Geol. xvii. 339 (caption) Ore along sheeted zone. 1905 H. Ries Econ. Geol. xvii. 340 Composite veins in sheeted basalt dikes. 1939 W. H. Emmons et al. Geol. (ed. 2) xvii. 425 Some veins fill single openings..others fill closely spaced parallel openings, which are sheeted zones. 1943 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 51 82/1 During the glacial epoch these sheeted granites..must have been easily plucked and quarried by the advancing ice. 1974 Nature 29 Nov. 375/2 Shattered pebbles and sheeted bedrock are common weathering phenomena in most modern deserts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas ˈsheeted ˈsheeted adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > [adjective] > extended by sheet sheeted1821 1821 J. Baillie W. Wallace in Metrical Legends xliii As sheeted sails, torn by the blast, Flap round some vessel's rocking mast. extracted from sheetv.² < adj.1604 as lemmas
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