to bind into sheaves

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• sheaves — ʃɪːf n. bundle of grain bound together after harvesting; bundle, collection v. bind into a sheaf, make into a sheaf ʃɪːv n. wheel with a grooved rim …   English contemporary dictionary

• bind — I. v. a. 1. Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon. 2. Bandage, wrap, put a bandage round, wrap up, tie up. 3. Tie, fasten, secure. 4. Stitch and cover, put into a binding. 5. Engage, oblige, obligate, make responsible, lay under obligation …   New dictionary of synonyms

• self-bind|er — «SEHLF BYN duhr», noun. 1. a machine that gathers cut grain and ties it into sheaves. 2. a reaper or harvester with such an attachment; binder …   Useful english dictionary

• ἀμαλλεύειν — ἀμαλλεύω bind into sheaves pres inf act (attic epic) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• sheaf — 1. noun a) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. O, let me teach you how to knit again This scattered …   Wiktionary

• sheaf — /ʃif / (say sheef) noun (plural sheaves) 1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping. 2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. 3. a bouquet of long stemmed flowers. –verb (t) 4. to… …  

• Sheaf — Sheaf, v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Self-binder — Self bind er, n. A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sheave — Sheave, v. t. [See {Sheaf} of straw.] To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sheave — sheave1 /sheev/, v.t., sheaved, sheaving. to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves. [1570 80; deriv. of SHEAF] sheave2 /shiv, sheev/, n. 1. a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope. 2. a wheel… …   Universalium

• sheave — I [[t]ʃiv[/t]] v. t. sheaved, sheav•ing agr. to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves • Etymology: 1570–80; der. of sheaf II sheave [[t]ʃɪv, ʃiv[/t]] n. 1) mac a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a rope …   From formal English to slang