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Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t.
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to
sheaf wheat.
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
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They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak.
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.)
A sheave. [R.]
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. {Sheaves}. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS.
sce['a]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.
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The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.
--Dryden.
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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.
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The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
--Dryden.
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