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What (who) is Unsheathing - definition
Sheathe
·vt To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
II. Sheathe ·vt To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
III. Sheathe ·vt To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.
IV. Sheathe ·vt To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
Unsheathe
·vt To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
Sheathing
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Sheathing (disambiguation)
·noun That which sheathes.
II. Sheathing ·noun The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
III. Sheathing (·p.pr. & ·adj) Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
IV. Sheathing ·noun The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
Examples of use of Unsheathing
1. The regular guest at the Prime Minister‘s Residence is unsheathing its claws and has stated that unless the 1'67 borders are followed precisely, there will be no arrangement.
2. Hishammuddin Hussein, youth–wing leader of main ruling party the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), has for the past several years opened the party‘s annual assembly by unsheathing and kissing a traditional Malay dagger, symbol of the party.
3. France‘s President Jacques Chirac seems newly impressed by the nuclear threat, warning recently that France would not shrink at unsheathing its own nuclear weapons in response to a nuclear attack.