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An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
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Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shield
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An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.
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To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
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A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
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An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.
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A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
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Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield.
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Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage.
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A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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One who, or that which, carries a shield.
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A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels.
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A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
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The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
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In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
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The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
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Destitute of a shield, or of protection.
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of Shield
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Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.
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