Definition of Shaf
Sheaf (?), n. (Mech.) A
sheave. [R.]
Sheaf, n.; pl.
Sheaves (#). [OE. sheef, shef,
schef, AS. sceáf; 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.
Sheaf, v. t. To gather and bind
into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf
wheat.
Sheaf (?), v. i. To collect and
bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
They that reap must sheaf and bind.
Shak.
Sheaf (?), n. (Mech.) A
sheave. [R.]
Sheaf, n.; pl.
Sheaves (#). [OE. sheef, shef,
schef, AS. sceáf; 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.
Sheaf, v. t. To gather and bind
into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf
wheat.
Sheaf (?), v. i. To collect and
bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
They that reap must sheaf and bind.
Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
Quotations
*1593: O, let me teach you how to knit again This scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, These broken limbs again into one body. — William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene III, line 70.
*The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. -- Dryden.
- Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
- A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
Quotations
*The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. -- Dryden.
- (unit) Category:English:Units of Measure A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
Quotations
*1786: Arrows were anciently made of reeds, afterwards of cornel wood, and occasionally of every species of wood: but according to Roger Ascham, ash was best; arrows were reckoned by sheaves, a sheaf consisted of twenty-four arrows. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34.
- (Mechanical) A sheave.
- To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
- To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
Quotations
1599: They that reap must sheaf and bind; Then to cart with Rosalind. — William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, Scene II, line 107.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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