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Sheath vs Heath - What's the difference?

sheath | heath |

As a noun sheath

is a scabbard; a holster for a sword.

As a verb sheath

is to put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.

As a proper noun heath is

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sheath

English

Alternative forms

* sheathe

Noun

(sheaths)
  • A scabbard; a holster for a sword.
  • Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.
  • The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
  • A tight-fitting dress.
  • (British) A condom.
  • The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.
  • The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
  • One of the elytra of an insect.

    • Synonyms

    * (scabbard) scabbard * (long case) ** case ** casing ** cover ** covering ** envelope * (tight-fitting dress) * See also

    Related terms

    * sheathe * heliosheath * resheath, resheathe * unsheath, unsheathe

    Verb

  • To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.
  • * John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
    • But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.

    Antonyms

    * unsheath

    Derived terms

    * resheath * resheathe

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    heath

    English

    (wikipedia heath)

    Noun

  • A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  • * ~1602 , William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I, scene I:
  • *:1. Where the place?/2. Vpon the Heath /3. There to meet with Macbeth
  • Any small evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae .
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 258:
    • There was nobody living in Jim's old house, and some of the windows was broken; but there was heath growing back and front.
  • # Many of the species in the genus Erica
  • # Many of the species in the genus Cassiope
  • # Both species in the genus
  • # Any of the species in the genus
  • # Any of the species in the genus
  • # Any of the species in the genus
  • (label) Certain butterflies and moths
  • # The palaearctic species of Coenonympha , a genus of brush-footed butterfly
  • ## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and Northern Africa, the small heath
  • ## , native to Europe, Asia except tropical India and Indochina, and North America, the large heath
  • # , the heath fritillary
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    • Usage notes

    * The word heaths may describe multiple disconnected heathlands.

    Synonyms

    * heather

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