Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sheath-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Forming or resembling a
sheath orcase .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Edgar Hoover, one or the other because they had heads that were shaped alike, and the mask and the angle and the shadows make it hard to tell which one it is, and I am wearing a long black sheathy dress that I simply can’t believe I ever wore although there I am, it’s me, and a little white feline mask.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Edgar Hoover, one or the other because they had heads that were shaped alike, and the mask and the angle and the shadows make it hard to tell which one it is, and I am wearing a long black sheathy dress that I simply can’t believe I ever wore although there I am, it’s me, and a little white feline mask.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Edgar Hoover, one or the other because they had heads that were shaped alike, and the mask and the angle and the shadows make it hard to tell which one it is, and I am wearing a long black sheathy dress that I simply can’t believe I ever wore although there I am, it’s me, and a little white feline mask.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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