slovodefinícia
sheath
(mass)
sheath
- pošva
sheath
(encz)
sheath,kondom n: [brit.] Zdeněk Brož
sheath
(encz)
sheath,pochva n: pouzdro na zbraň Zdeněk Brož
sheath
(encz)
sheath,pochva na nůž n: Zdeněk Brož
Sheath
(gcide)
Sheath \Sheath\, n. [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth],
sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D.
scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede,
Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally
meaning, to separate, to part. See Shed.]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
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2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically:
(a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b) (Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect.
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Medullary sheath. (Anat.) See under Medullary.

Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.

Sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
sheath.

Sheath of Schwann. (Anat.) See Schwann's sheath.
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sheath
(wn)
sheath
n 1: a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
2: an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or
plant organ or part [syn: sheath, case]
3: a dress suitable for formal occasions [syn: cocktail dress,
sheath]
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sheathed
(encz)
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sheathing
(encz)
sheathing,obložení n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,oplášťování n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,oplechování n: Zdeněk Brožsheathing,potažení n: Zdeněk Brož
unsheathe
(encz)
unsheathe,vytasit v: Zdeněk Brožunsheathe,vytasit meč Zdeněk Brož
unsheathed
(encz)
unsheathed,
Dissheathe
(gcide)
Dissheathe \Dis*sheathe"\, v. i.
To become unsheathed. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Insheathe
(gcide)
Insheathe \In*sheathe"\, v. t.
To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe. --Hughes.
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Knitting sheath
(gcide)
Knitting \Knit"ting\, n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting;
knitwork.
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2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
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Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for
mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.

Knitting needle, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
as in stockings.

Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
knitting.
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Medullary sheath
(gcide)
Sheath \Sheath\, n. [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth],
sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D.
scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede,
Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally
meaning, to separate, to part. See Shed.]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
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2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically:
(a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b) (Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect.
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Medullary sheath. (Anat.) See under Medullary.

Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.

Sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
sheath.

Sheath of Schwann. (Anat.) See Schwann's sheath.
[1913 Webster]Medullary \Med"ul*la*ry\, a. [L. medullaris, fr. medulla marrow:
cf. F. m['e]dullaire.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or
medulla.
(b) Pertaining to the medula oblongata.
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2. (Bot.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.
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Medullary groove (Anat.), a groove, in the epiblast of the
vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a
tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal
cord are developed.

Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in
a transverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from
the pith to the bark.

Medullary sheath (Anat.), the layer of white semifluid
substance (myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis
cylinder of a medullated nerve fiber.
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Missheathed
(gcide)
Missheathed \Mis*sheathed"\, a.
Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong
place. --Shak.
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Primitive sheath
(gcide)
Sheath \Sheath\, n. [OE. schethe, AS. sc[=ae][eth],
sce['a][eth], sc[=e][eth]; akin to OS. sk[=e][eth]ia, D.
scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede,
Icel. skei[eth]ir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally
meaning, to separate, to part. See Shed.]
1. A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or
other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
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The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
--Spenser.
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2. Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part. Specifically:
(a) (Bot.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing
a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b) (Zool.) One of the elytra of an insect.
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Medullary sheath. (Anat.) See under Medullary.

Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.

Sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a
sheath.

Sheath of Schwann. (Anat.) See Schwann's sheath.
[1913 Webster]Primitive \Prim"i*tive\, a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the
first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early
times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as,
primitive innocence; the primitive church. "Our primitive
great sire." --Milton.
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2. Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned;
characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of
dress.
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3. Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive
verb in grammar.
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Primitive axes of coordinate (Geom.), that system of axes
to which the points of a magnitude are first referred,
with reference to a second set or system, to which they
are afterward referred.

Primitive chord (Mus.), that chord, the lowest note of
which is of the same literal denomination as the
fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative.
--Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), the circle cut
from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.


Primitive colors (Paint.), primary colors. See under
Color.

Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), the acknowledged Christian
writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D.
325. --Shipley.

Primitive groove (Anat.), a depression or groove in the
epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with
the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of
it.

Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), the plane upon
which the projections are made, generally coinciding with
some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a
meridian.

Primitive rocks (Geol.), primary rocks. See under
Primary.

Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.

Primitive streak or Primitive trace (Anat.), an opaque
and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in
the vertebrate blastoderm.
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Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval;
antiquated; old-fashioned.
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