What's the difference between pilcher and scabbard?
Pilcher
Definition:
(n.) A scabbard, as of a sword.
(n.) The pilchard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Susan Pilcher asks: Hi Kevin Is there a film or play that you would now like to re-visit that you played in earlier in your career, be it in the same or another role, now that you have greater wealth of experience and knowledge?
Scabbard
Definition:
(n.) The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
(v. t.) To put in a scabbard.
Example Sentences:
(1) The image Orwell uses to capture the essence of English public life is of "a society which is ruled by the sword, no doubt, but a sword which must never be taken out of its scabbard".
(2) Democratic hypocrisy, in Orwell's terms, is saved by the element of self-deception on which it rests, which is what turns the illusion into a half-truth, and keeps the sword in its scabbard.
(3) The sword is still in the scabbard, and while it stays there corruption cannot go beyond a certain point."
(4) Imperial hypocrisy is rendered self-defeating by that same self-deception, since the sword cannot remain in the scabbard, and will be deployed for the supposed benefit of the people it is being used to coerce, by people who are unable to be honest with themselves about the nature of that coercion.
(5) After all, it is in the essence of imperial power that the sword does not remain in the scabbard.
(6) Espada (scabbard fish) is another speciality; it is served as a small plate at O Tasca in Funchal (Rua Bela São Tiago 137), followed by pudim de maracujá (passion fruit pudding).