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Scabbard
Pronunciation : Scab"bard
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skalpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
Definition : Defn: The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath. Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade. Fairfax. Scabbard fish (Zo?l.), a long, compressed, silver-colored t?nioid fish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Scab"bard
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To put in a scabbard.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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