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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Fastening :: Fastening (n.) Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc..

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

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

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

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

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..

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