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Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

Shielding :: Shielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shiel.

Massy :: Massy (superl.) Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock..

Bendy :: Bendy (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Shield-bearer :: Shield-bearer (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield..

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

Shield :: Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

Blazon :: Blazon (n.) A shield.

Semirecondite :: Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Clypeiform :: Clypeiform (a.) Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Hyperaspist :: Hyperaspist (n.) One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender..

Lanier :: Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like..

Targe :: Targe (n.) A shield or target.

Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry..

Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

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

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Armiger :: Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire..

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