1) Aglet 2) Aiglet 3) Case 4) Cot 5) Cover 6) Covering 7) Fingerstall 8) Holster 9) Lorica 10) Neurilemma 11) Neurolemma 12) Scabbard
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1) Blade cover 2) Blade holder 3) Case 4) Closefitting dress 5) Condom, to Brits 6) Dagger case 7) Dagger holder 8) Epee protector 9) Knife holder 10) Place for a sword 11) Protection 12) Protective cover 13) Protective covering 14) Saber case 15) Saber casing 16) Scabbard 17) Sexy dress 18) Sword cover
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- a protective covering for a knife or sword
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- a dress suitable for formal occasions
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a tubular or rolled part of an organ, e.g. the lower part of the leaf in most grasses.
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A leaf pocket that holds one or more flower buds until they are ready to bloom. Some types of orchids that produce sheaths are Cattleyas and Paphiopedilums.
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a conduplicate, tubular to bract-like structure that is at the base of a leaf and has the inflorescence arise from it
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• (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses. • (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard. • (n.) One of the elytra of an insect. • (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
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(from the article `palm`) Leaves in the Palmae have a characteristic aspect but are diverse in size, shape, and division. Most have a sheath, petiole or leafstalk, and blade. ... Some of the structural strength required for grass plants to stand erect comes from the leaves, particularly the leaf sheaths. Arising at nodes and ... Leav...
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(from the article `tendinitis`) inflammation of the sheaths of the tendons. These sheaths are composed of thin, filmy tissue that permits the sliding motion of tendons within them. ...
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a leafy, tubular structure usually on a sedge or grass that envelopes the stem
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A modified leaf that encloses and protects an emerging inflorescence or leaf. Normally dries and sloughs off, when inflorescence or leaf matures.
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a uniform and continuous tubular covering of metallic or non-metallic material, generally extruded NOTE - The term sheath is only used for metallic coverings in North America, whereas the term jacket is used for non-metallic coverings.
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An expanded or tubular structure that partially encloses a stem or other organ.
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A protective covering. ... The lower part of leaf enveloping stem or culm. ... A secreted, tubular structure formed around a chain of cells or around a bundle of filaments, cells within a sheath may or may not subsequently separate from the sheath. ... A layer of outer membrane covering the bacterial flagella. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(shēth) a tubular case or envelope.
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a leafy, tubular structure usually on a sedge or grass that envelopes the stem
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A filamentous structure external to the wall.
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Sheath noun [ Middle English
schethe , Anglo-Saxon
scǣð ,
sceáð ,
scēð ; akin to Old Saxon
skēðia , Dutch
scheede , German
scheide , Old High German
sceida , Swedish
skida , Danish
skede , Icelandic
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cover for the blade of a weapon or a toolÂ
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A modified leaf that encloses an emerging inflorescence or leaf.
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a conduplicate, tubular to bract-like structure that is at the base of a leaf and has the inflorescence arise from it
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an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal organ or part.
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case noun an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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An organ that wholly or partly encloses another organ, at its base.
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A catheter-like tube that is placed inside a patients vessel during an interventional procedure to help the doctor with insertion and proper placement of the actual catheter. Also called an introducer sheath.
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