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dissheathing

dissheathing is the present participle and gerund of dissheathe.

Meaning of dissheathe

Verb

dissheathe (third-person singular simple present dissheathes, present participle dissheathing, simple past and past participle dissheathed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become unsheathed.
    • his sword dissheathing pierced his own thigh1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

Questions about dissheathing

What is dissheathing the present participle and gerund of?
Dissheathing is the present participle and gerund of dissheathe.

Words near dissheathing in the dictionary

  1. dissevers
  2. dissful
  3. dissheathe
  4. dissheathed
  5. dissheathes
  6. dissheathing
  7. disship
  8. disshipped
  9. disshipping
  10. disships
  11. disshiver

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