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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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SHEATHE,
1. To put in a case or scabbard; as, the sheathe a sword or dagger.
2. To inclose or cover with a sheath or case.
The leopard-deeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew.
'Tis in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden.
3. To cover or line; as, to sheathe the bowels with demulcent or mucilaginous substances.
4. To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious or sharp particles.
5. To fit with a sheath.
6. To case or cover with boards or with sheets of copper; as, to sheathe a ship to protect it from the worms.
To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard] to inclose or cover
with, or as with, a sheath or case.
The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes. Grew. 'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now. Dryden. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
Shak. To case or cover with something which
protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to
sheathe a ship with copper.
To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious
substances, or sharp particles.
[R.] Arbuthnot.
To sheathe the sword, to make peace. | ||||||||