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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedrape, board, box, brick, bundle up, case, clad, clapboard, clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face, garb, garment, glass, glaze, habilitate, invest, jacket, lap, lath, muffle up, pack, package, panel, paper, plank, rag out, raiment, revet, robe, shake, shingle, shroud, side, skin, slate, smother, stone, surround, swaddle, swathe, thatch, tile, tire, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wrap, wrap about, wrap up
Dictionary Results for sheathe:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sheathe
    v 1: cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
    2: enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" [ant: unsheathe]
    3: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sheathe \Sheathe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Sheating.] [Written also sheath.]
   1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or
      cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
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            The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet
            turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin
            of his toes.                          --Grew.
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            'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. --Shak.
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   3. To case or cover with something which protects, as thin
      boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a
      ship with copper.
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   4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp
      particles. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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   To sheathe the sword, to make peace.
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