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Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..

Armor-plated :: Armor-plated (a.) Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad..

Parry :: Parry (n.) A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter..

Fortify :: Fortify (v. i.) To raise defensive works.

Acontia :: Acontia (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc..

Spirant :: Spiralozooid (n.) One of the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long, slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver..

Gambison :: Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted..

Armor :: Armor (n.) Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

Defensive :: Defensive (a.) Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war..

Self-defensive :: Self-defensive (a.) Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation..

Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery..

Casque :: Casque (n.) A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.

Defensory :: Defensory (a.) Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations..

Bracelet :: Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.

Plating :: Plating (n.) A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

Sagittocyst :: Sagittocyst (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

Mail :: Mail (n.) A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor.

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