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De - Pt| English Dictionary: scabbard | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scabbard \Scab"bard\, n. [OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. sk[be]lpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. {Hauberk}.] 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[94]l.), a long, compressed, silver-colored t[91]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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scabbard \Scab"bard\, v. t. To put in a scabbard. | |
