Sheaf

Definition of Sheaf

n.	1.	(Mech.) A sheave.
	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.
v. t.	1.	To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
v. i.	1.	To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. - Shak.

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