Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sheathe"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sheathe
v 1: cover with a protective sheathing, as of a ship's bottom,
for example, or the walls of a house
2: enclose with a sheath, as of a knife or sword [ant: {unsheathe}]
3: plunge or bury in flesh, as of a knife, sword, or tusk

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