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Insheathe :: Insheathe (v. t.) To insert as in a sheath; to sheathe.

Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..

Coleorhiza :: Coleorhiza (n.) A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle..

Cere :: Cere (n.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak..

Perineurium :: Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma..

Schwann''s White Substance :: Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath.

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general..

Myeloidin :: Myeloidin (n.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers..

Missheathed :: Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.

Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..

Spathed :: Spathed (a.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..

Vaginal :: Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone..

Quiver :: Quiver (n.) A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.

Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath..

Case :: Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book..

Sheathe :: Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles..

Evagination :: Evagination (n.) The act of unsheathing.

Vaginopennous :: Vaginopennous (a.) Having elytra; sheath-winged.

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