sheathe

To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

Sheath your Dagger: / Be angry when you will, it ſhall haue ſcope: […]

Thy Chamber vvith Ambroſiall odors breatheth, / Nevv loues and true loues vnto them that entreateth, / And furious Mars made milde his Faulcheon ſheatheth / At thy delicious aſpect: […]

To encase (something) with a protective covering.

A chearful heart does good like a medicine, but envy corrodes like a poiſon; it is ſo ſharp, that it cuts the body which ſheathes it.

When thou sheathest thy glances in thy eyelids, they inflict deadly wounds: what must they be when thou drawest them from their scabbards!

Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.

So when the gen'rous Lyon has in ſight / His equal match, he rouſes for the fight; / But when his foe lyes proſtrate on the plain, / He ſheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; / And, plea'd with bloudleſs honours of the day, / Walks over, and diſdains th' inglorious Prey, […]

We are told, that Dews and the Juices of Flowers are their [hummingbirds'] Food, which they extract with their little Tongue, whoſe Length exceeds that of their Bill, and ſerves them inſtead of a Trunk, which they contract and ſheathe in their Bill.

To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.

And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine / Sheathed unaware the tusk in his soft groin.

Nay, neuer beare me hence, diſpatch me heere: / Here ſheath thy Sword, Ile pardon thee my death: […]

To abandon or cease (animosity, etc.)

Let him die, but firſt ſheth your impatience, throw cold water on your collor, […]