Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
(2) - Sheathe (v. t.) To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
(3) - Sheathe (v. t.) To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
(4) - Sheathe (v. t.) To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

(1) - Sheather (n.) One who sheathes.

(1) - 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.
(2) - Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
(3) - Sheathing (n.) That which sheathes.
(4) - Sheathing (p. pr. & a.) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.

(1) - Sheathless (a.) Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.