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The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

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  1. n. The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
  2. v. t. To put in a scabbard.
  3. n. a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
  4. 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. To put in a scabbard.
  5. 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 tænioidfish (Lepidopus caudatus, or argyreus), found on the European coasts,and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfishand considered an excellent food fish.
  6. n:100 n. a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet