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Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..

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..

Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..

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

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

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A contorted expression, as of the face..

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

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..

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