The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the
sheeted sky.
J. R. Drake.
To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat,
and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
Sheet" an"chor (?). [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot
anchor. See Shoot, v. t.] 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores
outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the
Note under Anchor.
2. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the
best hope or refuge.
Sheet" ca"ble (?). (Naut.) The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
Sheet" chain" (?). (Naut.) A chain sheet cable.
Sheet"ful (?), n.; pl. Sheetfuls (&?;). Enough to fill a sheet; as much
as a sheet can hold.
Sheet"ing, n. 1. Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is
sometimes made of double width.
2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for
protecting an embankment.
3. The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also,
material made into sheets.
||Sheik (?), n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr.
||shkha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or
||a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is
||also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written
||also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]
{ Sheil (shl), Sheil"ing, } n. See Sheeling.
Shek"el (?), n. [Heb. shegel, fr. shgal to weigh.] 1. An ancient weight
and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
A common estimate makes the shekel equal in weight to about 130 grains
for gold, 224 grains for silver, and 450 grains for copper, and the
approximate values of the coins are (gold) $5.00, (silver) 60 cents,
and (copper half shekel), one and one half cents.