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SHEAFED
Verb
sheafed
simple past tense and past participle of sheaf
Source: Wiktionary
SHEAF
Sheaf, n. (Mech.)
Definition: A sheave. [R.]
Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves. Etym: [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.]
1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.
Sheaf, v. t.
Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
Sheaf, v. i.
Definition: To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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