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Webster's English Dictionary

sheaf

n. (Mech.) A sheave. ()

n. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. scef; 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.)

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

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

They that reap must sheaf and bind. (Shak.)