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noun
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
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noun
A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
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verb
To gather and bind into a sheaf.
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History
From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.
See sheaf.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
