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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ensheathe . - adjective
enclosed in asheath
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Examples
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As Auburn approached, Stamaty raised a warning hand ensheathed in a rubber glove.
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As Auburn approached, Stamaty raised a warning hand ensheathed in a rubber glove.
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It had been a night of iron frost and the tussocky pastures beyond the walls were held in a pitiless white grip with every blade of grass stiffly ensheathed in rime.
Favourite Dog Stories Herriot, James 1995
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There were no pikes in evidence, but each man wore a sword and long dagger ensheathed upon his belt, and their features looked hard in the light of guttering tapers mounted at odd intervals upon the stone walls.
Conan the Indomitable Perry, Steve 1989
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He toyed with the handle of a knife ensheathed at his right hip.
Conan the Fearless Perry, Steve 1986
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And she was there, framed by what appeared to be a window, though her parts of the Tower are completely ensheathed within the rest.
The White Rose Cook, Glen 1985
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When he finally thought to examine the cup closely and discovered what the gold and jewels ensheathed, he was too drunk to care.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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She was a soul enmeshed in an ethereal body, rather than a body which ensheathed a soul.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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The Krag-Jörgensen and Mauser are ensheathed in steel plated with cupro-nickel, and the Guedes has a plain steel envelope coated with wax.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Two of the remaining bullets, the Mauser and Krag-Jörgensen, are ensheathed with steel covered with a thin coating of an alloy of copper or cupro-nickel, to take the rifling of the barrel, while the third has a plain steel mantle which is covered with a layer of wax to take the place of the nickel used in the manufacture of the two others.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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