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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..

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

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

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 (n.) To join in marriage.

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

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

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