Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

scabbardmore about scabbard

scabbard


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scabbard  \Scab"bard\,  n.  [OE.  scaubert  scauberk  OF  escaubers 
  escauberz  pl.,  scabbards,  probably  of  German  or  Scan. 
  origin;  cf  Icel.  sk[=a]lpr  scabbard,  and  G.  bergen  to 
  conceal.  Cf  {Hauberk}.] 
  The  case  in  which  the  blade  of  a  sword,  dagger,  etc.,  is 
  kept;  a  sheath. 
 
  Nor  in  thy  scabbard  sheathe  that  famous  blade. 
  --Fairfax. 
 
  {Scabbard  fish}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  long,  compressed, 
  silver-colored  t[ae]nioid  fish  ({Lepidopus  caudatus,  or 
  argyreus}),  found  on  the  European  coasts,  and  more 
  abundantly  about  New  Zealand,  where  it  is  called 
  {frostfish}  and  considered  an  excellent  food  fish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scabbard  \Scab"bard\,  v.  t. 
  To  put  in  a  scabbard. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scabbard 
  n  :  a  sheath  for  a  sword  or  dagger  or  bayonet 




more about scabbard