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单词 sheathed
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sheathedadj.1

/ʃiːθd/
Etymology: < sheath n.1 + -ed suffix2.
Natural History.
Having or surrounded by a sheath; put in or capable of being withdrawn into a sheath.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [adjective] > outer covering
thick-skinned1545
investing1615
vaginal1653
sheathed1664
cortical1677
vaginated1770
vaginate1777
tegumental1822
tegumentary1828
calycine1872
walled1875
tunicary1900
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 16 Mites in Cheese..are sheath'd and crustaceous Animals (as Scarabees and such like Insects are).
1771 J. R. Forster Flora Amer. Septentrionalis 4 Panicum clandestin. Panic grass, sheathed. Pensylva. Kalm.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 81 Sheathed Fruit-stalk (spadix), one that is furnished with a sheath.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 238 The sheathed polype.
in combination.1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §2. 127 Sheathed winged Insects, commonly called Beetles or Scarabs.1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 460 Coleoptera, a word of Greek origin, signifying sheathed-winged animals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

sheathedadj.2

/ʃiːðd/technical./ʃiːθt/
Etymology: < sheathe v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Of a sword, etc.: Put into or encased in a sheath.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [adjective] > sheathed
fanked?a1600
sheathed1810
scabbarded1888
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [adjective] > sheathed
scabbarded1888
sheathed1903
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 99 With sheathed broad-sword in his hand.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 25 A pair of sheathed scissors.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlii. 424 Softly laying his velvet hand, as a cat might have laid its sheathed claws, on Mr. Dombey's arm.
1903 A. H. Layard Autobiogr. I. iii. 144 His silver-sheathed yataghan.
2. Of a ship: Having the bottom covered with sheathing. [sheathe v. 5]
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > having bottom sheathed
copper-bottomed1795
sheathed1889
1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. viii. 105 Passing now to the sheathed ships, the butts of the flat keel plate are double chain riveted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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