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Pronunciation : Sheaf
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A sheave. [R.]

(Mech.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sheaf
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sce?f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.]
Definition : 1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.

2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.

pl. Sheaves.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sheaf
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sheaf
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913