Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a sheaf or sheaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to, or consisting of, a
sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
Etymologies
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sheaf + -y
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Examples
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The beautiful glow in the west died out, where the sun had been ripening his harvest-field of sheafy gold and awny cloud; and the pulse of quivering dusk beat slowly, so that a man might seem to count it, or rather a child, who sees such things, which later men lose sight of.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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The beautiful glow in the west died out, where the sun had been ripening his harvest-field of sheafy gold and awny cloud; and the pulse of quivering dusk beat slowly, so that a man might seem to count it, or rather a child, who sees such things, which later men lose sight of.
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