单词 | sheaved |
释义 | ▪ I. sheaved, a. rare. [f. sheave n.1 + -ed2.] Having or containing a (thin, etc.) sheave.
1800Naval Chron. III. 474 Thin sheaved blocks. ▪ II. sheaved, ppl. a.|ʃiːvd| [f. sheave v.1 + -ed1.] 1. Of corn, etc., also of arrows: Put up or gathered into a sheaf or sheaves.
1579Hake Newes out of Powles vi. (1872) E viij, The fertile soyle that foyson bringes of goodly sheaued graine. 1677Lond. Gaz. No. 1260/4 Lost.., A pair of large Silver Candlesticks.., a Crest upon each Candlestick; at one corner, the Flying-Dragon with a sheaved Arrow in his Claw. 1865Swinburne Poems & Ball., St. Dorothy 268 Growth of sheaved wheat. 1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 157 Mingled arrows each one sheaved. †2. ? Made of straw. Obs. rare—1.
1597Shakes. Lover's Compl. 31 Her sheu'd hat. [Cf. line 8 Vpon her head a plattid hiue of straw.] 3. ‘Finished around the top with a flare, like that of a sheaf’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1867Rep. Artisans Paris Univ. Exhib. ii. 134 Time was, when a well sheaved wine glass could be made only in England. Ibid., Wine glasses..with tops as well sheaved as the best work on the English stalls. |

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