pron. [ sing. nom. She; poss. Her. r Hers obj. Her; pl. nom. They poss. Their r Theirs obj. Them ] [ OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, sī, si, Icel. sū, sjā, Goth. si she, sō, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. &unr_;, fem. article, Skr. sā, syā. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her. ] 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. [ 1913 Webster ]

She loved her children best in every wise. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From AS. scādan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t. ] A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sheaves [ OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove. ] 1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mech.) A sheave. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Sheeling. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put under a sheal or shelter. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Shell. ] To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

That's a shealed peascod. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]