Definition of Scabberd
Scab"bard (?), n. [OE. scaubert,
scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl.,
scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel.
skālpr 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 (Zoöl.), a long,
compressed, silver-colored tænioid 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.
Scab"bard (?), v. t. To put in a
scabbard.
Scab"bard (?), n. [OE. scaubert,
scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl.,
scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel.
skālpr 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 (Zoöl.), a long,
compressed, silver-colored tænioid 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.
Scab"bard (?), v. t. To put in a
scabbard.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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