Sheathe

v. t.	1.	To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [imp. & p. p. Sheathed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.] 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.
	2.	To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
	3.	To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
	4.	To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles. To sheathe the sword to make peace.

Verb	1.	sheathe - cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"
	2.	sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" Antonyms: unsheathe - draw from a sheathe or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword"
	3.	sheathe - plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedrape, board, box, brick, bundle up, case, clad, clapboard, clothe, cover, crate, deck, dight, drape, dress, dud, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, enclothe, endue, enfold, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face, garb, garment, glass, glaze, habilitate, invest, jacket, lap, lath, muffle up, pack, package, panel, paper, plank, rag out, raiment, revet, robe, shake, shingle, shroud, side, skin, slate, smother, stone, surround, swaddle, swathe, thatch, tile, tire, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard, wrap, wrap about, wrap up

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