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Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..

Peltiform :: Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate..

Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..

Scutiform :: Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.

Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Wreath :: Wreath (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms..

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

Plastron :: Plastron (n.) The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..

Shield :: Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends..

Roundel :: Roundel (a.) A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries..

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

Crest :: Crest (n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4..

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

Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..

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..

Enshield :: Enshield (v. t.) To defend, as with a shield; to shield..

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

Enshield :: Enshield (a.) Shielded; enshielded.

Vairy :: Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.

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