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Embossed :: Embossed (a.) Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

Shield :: Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses..

Shield :: Shield (n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield..

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target..

Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.

Shield :: Shield (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield..

Screen :: Screen (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen..

Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..

Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.

Blazon :: Blazon (n.) A shield.

Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

Emblazonry :: Emblazonry (n.) The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment..

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

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.

Rocky :: Rocky (a.) Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield..

Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

Bordure :: Bordure (n.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

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