Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) A sheave. 2. (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. 3. (n.) Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. 4. (v. t.) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. 5. (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
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