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sheath

noun as in case

noun as in covering

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Smith, however, left behind the knife, a knife sheath and the audio recorder covered in DNA that would implicate him in the murder.

The mattress was wrapped in a strange institutional rubbery plastic sheath, but that wouldn't defeat me.

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However, EBV infection has been linked to several diseases, including MS: an incurable, chronic autoimmune disease that causes the body's immune system to attack the myelin sheath of neurons in the brain and nervous system.

His wartime saber, its sheath and a military chest marked “books” were on the block for $71,500.

It was essentially a collection of 17 fuel tanks in a sheath of carbon fiber cloth, epoxy and paper — a skin so fragile that it could be damaged by an elbow poke.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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