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Protection :: Protection (n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.

Dedication :: Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor..

Templar :: Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple..

Chaperonage :: Chaperonage (n.) Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

Palladium :: Palladium (n.) Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights..

Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.

Mimicry :: Mimicry (n.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism..

Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people..

Tube :: Tube (n.) A more or less cylindrical, and often spiral, case secreted or constructed by many annelids, crustaceans, insects, and other animals, for protection or concealment. See Illust. of Tubeworm..

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defense or protection.

Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble..

Protectionism :: Protectionism (n.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4..

Consulage :: Consulage (n.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

Phylactocarp :: Phylactocarp (n.) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence..

Warison :: Warison (v. t.) Preparation; protection; provision; supply.

Mantelet :: Mantelet (n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet..

Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.

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