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Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

Fermillet :: Fermillet (n.) A buckle or clasp.

Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.

Rushbuckler :: Rushbuckler (n.) A bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.

Infibulation :: Infibulation (n.) The act of clasping, or fastening, as with a buckle or padlock..

Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To join in marriage.

Swasher :: Swashbuckler (n.) A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer..

Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

Biscutate :: Biscutate (a.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.

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