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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..

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

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