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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.
     1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous
        tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm
        in grasses; vaginate.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
     1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or
        cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet
              turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin
              of his toes.                          --Grew.
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              'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.
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     3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin
        boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a
        ship with copper.
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     4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
        particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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     To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
     1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or
        cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
  
              The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet
              turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin
              of his toes.                          --Grew.
  
              'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.
  
     3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin
        boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a
        ship with copper.
  
     4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
        particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
  
     To sheathe the sword, to make peace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sheathed \Sheathed\, a.
     1. Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.
  
     2. (Bot.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous
        tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm
        in grasses; vaginate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sheathed
       adj : enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in
             combination; "his sheathed sword"; "the cat's sheathed
             claws"; "a ship's bottom sheathed in copper";
             "copper-sheathed" [ant: unsheathed]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sheathed
     vb.
     (infl of en sheath  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sheathed
     vb.
     (infl of en sheath  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sheathed
     vb.
     (infl of en sheath  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sheathed
     vb.
     (infl of en sheath  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sheathed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s heathe d)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/
  مغمد

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/ 
  opouzdřený

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/
  armiert
   see: sheathe, sheathing
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/
  eingehüllt, umgehüllt, umgewickelt, umgemantelt
        "The grassy hills were sheathed in mist."  - Die Grashügel waren in Nebel gehüllt.
     Synonyms: covered, jacketed
  
   see: cover, jacket, sheathe sth., covering, jacketing, sheathing, covers, covered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/
  bedeckt
   see: sheath, sheathing
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  sheathed /ʃˈiːðd/
  obložen

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈʃiðd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheathed":
     armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped, covered,
     covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled,
     encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, hooded, housed,
     loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted,
     packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, shelled, shielded,
     shrouded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in,
     wrapped
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     装有护套的

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