sheathe
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“You do not want to anger him. Sheathe your steel, ser. Leathers, take Wun Wun back to Hardin’s.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Sheathe your dagger: Be angry when you will, it shall have scope; Do what you will, dishonor shall be humor.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
"Sheathe your sword, Turan," said the old man.
From The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
But Circe cried: "Sheathe thy sword, I pray thee, Odysseus, and let us be at peace."
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
Sheathe your sword, I command you, General!" exclaimed the Duke, "and sound the retreat.
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Scott, Walter, Sir
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