Sheaves

shevz. A bundle of unthrashed stalks of wheat, rye, or other grain; any collection.—v. i. To collect and bind^ to make sheaves. Shear, sher, v. t. \imp. sheared (sherd) or obs. shore; p. p. sheared or shorn; shearing.] To cut or clip with shears, sci ors, etc.; to cut or clip from a surface. — n. pi. A cutting instrument consisting of 2 blades with a bevel edge, movable on a pin, used for cutting cloth and other substances; anything in the form of shears; an apparatus for raising heavy weights, as, the lower masts of ships: it consists of 2 or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, and furnished with the nece ary tackles. — Shear'-steel, n. Steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments. i Sheath, sheth, n. A case for a sword or other long and is slender instrument; a scabbard; anyjhin covering for defense or protection.— Sheathe, sheth, v. t. [sheathed (shethd), sheathing.] To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to fit or furnish with a sheath; to case or cover with boards or with sheets of copfine per, etc.; to cover or line. — Sheathed, shethd, a. (Bot.} Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical, membranaceous tube, cut which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or or culm in gra es; vaginate. — Sheath'- ( ing, n. That which sheathes; esp., the casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; or the materials for such coverings. Sheave, shev, n. A wheel in a block, rail, in a mast, yard, etc., on which a rope works; the wheel of a pulley. in out I Shebat, sha'bat, n. The 11th month of the Jewish sacred year, and the 5th of the civ- Sheathed, il, — parts of January and February.