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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

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..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..

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

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

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

Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.

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

Fibula :: Fibula (n.) A brooch, clasp, or buckle..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

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