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In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as
paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded
superficies. |
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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. |
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A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded,
whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper,
etc. |
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A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; |
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the book itself. |
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A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other
substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a
leaf. |
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A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
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A sail. |
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An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or
overlying, other strata. |
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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. |
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The space in the forward or the after part of a boat
where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets. |
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To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover
with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. |
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To expand, as a sheet. |
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