- (v.t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between or overlying, other strata.
- (v.t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail or to a yard or a boom.
- (v.t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;.
- (v.t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
- (v.t.) the book itself.
- (v.t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
- (v.t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in or cover with, a sheet or as with a sheet.
- (v.t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
- (v.t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
- (v.t.) A sail.
- (v.t.) A broad expanse of water or the like.
- (v.t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass or the like; a plate; a leaf.
- (v.t.) To expand, as a sheet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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