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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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Sheeting \Sheet"ing\, n.
1. Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is
sometimes made of double width.
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2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of
metal) for protecting an embankment.
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3. The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces;
also, material made into sheets.
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