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Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..

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

Tang :: Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.

Shield :: Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler..

Buckled :: Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckl.

Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..

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

Bottine :: Bottine (n.) An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..

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

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

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