We have no meanings for "leave the scabbard" in our records yet.
1 It was of antique make, and, being somewhat rusty, was evidently unwilling to leave the scabbard .
2 I gave a final drive, pressed the button and sprang back, leaving the scabbard - end in his hand.
3 Obediently he wheeled to the left, and I caught the swish of his sword as it left the scabbard .
4 But his sword had not left the scabbard before M. de Radisson sent it spinning through mid-air into the sea.
5 This massacre is none of my seeking, and through it all my sword has never left the scabbard except in your defence.
6 The point of the scimitar just left the scabbard as the owner of it went down on his back motionless as a wax figure.
7 Hugh wheeled round and drew his sword, but almost before it had left the scabbard a long figure glided out of the snow, and said:
8 "Thy sword is mine," replied he, "and it may leave the scabbard only when I give the order."
9 "It does not, however, patronise war," replied Jack; "I once heard of it having melted a sword and left the scabbard intact."
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