She
(She) pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers ; obj. Her; pl. nom. They ; poss. Their or Theirs ; obj. Them ] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, si, si, Icel. su, sja, Goth. si she, so, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. fem. article, Skr. sa, sya. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.]

1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.

She loved her children best in every wise.
Chaucer.

Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid.
Gen. xviii. 15.

2. A woman; a female; — used substantively. [R.]

Lady, you are the cruelest she alive.
Shak.

She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat.

Sheading
(Shead"ing) n. [From AS. scadan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t.] A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

Sheaf
(Sheaf) n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.]

Sheaf
(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
(Sheaf), v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

Sheaf
(Sheaf) v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

They that reap must sheaf and bind.
Shak.

Sheafy
(Sheaf"y) a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.

Sheal
(Sheal) n. Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]

Sheal
(Sheal), v. t. To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]

Sheal
(Sheal), v. t. [See Shell.] To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

That's a shealed peascod.
Shak.

Sheal
(Sheal), n. A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


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