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Webster 1913 Edition
Scabbard
Scab′bard
,Noun.
[OE.
scaubert
, scauberk
, OF. escaubers
, escauberz
, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr
scabbard, and G. bergen
to conceal. Cf. Hauberk
.] The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
Nor in thy
scabbard
sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax.
Scabbard fish
(Zool.)
, a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (
Lepidopus argyreus
syn. Lepidopus caudatus
), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish
and considered an excellent food fish.Scab′bard
,Verb.
T.
To put in a scabbard.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scabbard
SCAB'BARD
,Noun.
SCAB'BARD
,Verb.
T.