sheafs

They threw the years, as already noticed, into great cycles, of fifty-two each, which they called "sheafs," or "bundles," and represented by a quantity of reeds bound together by a string.

History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes 1843

Different weights of "sheafs" will be used by different ages.

The McPherson Sentinel Homepage RSS assistant editor Anne Hassler 2008

The technology of the book — sheafs of paper covered in squiggles of ink — has remained virtually unchanged since Gutenberg.

Kant on a Kindle? Jonah Lehrer 2010

Once here, I had begun my search, in various rooms, for obvious, unconcealed paraphernalia, of a sort that might be germane to kaissa, such things as boards and pieces, books, sheafs of papers, and records.

Cinnamon Roll 2010

He darted at the secretaries and tore the sheafs of business papers from their hands.

Wild Dreams of Reality, 5 2010

Those are the linen sheafs of postcards in an accordion fold, usually rather blurry.

Monday, Oct. 19 – The Bleat. 2009

Next to the bales in the open-fronted barn sheafs of reed are stacked fifteen feet high, end out.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Next to the bales in the open-fronted barn sheafs of reed are stacked fifteen feet high, end out.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

And throughout the 1970s and later, ornithologists gathered sheafs of data proving that, in birds, a female's success laying eggs and rearing hatchlings was always enhanced by the presence of a male.

The Science Wars 2008

At the drugstore, I stood in line with my razor blades, a whole new pack of five safety blades in cardboard sheafs.

Officer Friendly 2008