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Webster 1913 Edition
Sheaf
Sheaf
,Noun.
(Mech.)
A sheave.
[R.]
Sheaf
,Noun.
pl.
Sheaves
(#)
. [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
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
,Verb.
T.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves;
as, to
. sheaf
wheatSheaf
,Verb.
I.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
They that reap must
sheaf
and bind. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Sheaf
SHEAF
,Noun.
plu.
1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.
-The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any bundle or collection; as a sheaf of arrows.
SHEAF
,Verb.
T.