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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sheet \Sheet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sheeting}.]
1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover
with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead."
"When snow the pasture sheets." --Shak.
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2. To expand, as a sheet.
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The star shot flew from the welkin blue,
As it fell from the sheeted sky. --J. R. Drake.
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{To sheet home} (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail
is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
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