sheaf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sheaf	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for sheaf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sheaf n a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing Synonym(s): bundle, sheaf
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. {Sheaves}. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sce[a0]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See {Shove}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak.