单词 | sheathed |
释义 | sheathedadj.1 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 Having or surrounded by a sheath; put in or capable of being withdrawn into a sheath.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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2018). sheathedadj.2 1. Of a sword, etc.: Put into or encased in a sheath. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.11664adj.21810 |
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