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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

bale, bindle, bolt, bouquet, budget, bundle, deck, fagot, fardel, fasces, fascine, nosegay, pack, package, packet, parcel, posy, quiver, roll, rouleau, truss

Dictionary Results for sheaf:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

sheaf
    n 1: a package of several things tied together for carrying or
         storing [syn: bundle, sheaf]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t.
   To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to
   sheaf wheat.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i.
   To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
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         They that reap must sheaf and bind.      --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.)
   A sheave. [R.]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. Sheaves. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS.
   sce['a]f; 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.
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            The reaper fills his greedy hands,
            And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   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.
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            The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
                                                  --Dryden.
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