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- English Word Shied Definition of Shy
- English Word Shiel Definition A sheeling.
- English Word Shield Definition A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
- English Word Shield Definition Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
- English Word Shield Definition Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
- English Word Shield Definition In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- English Word Shield Definition The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
- English Word Shield Definition A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- English Word Shield Definition A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
- English Word Shield Definition A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
- English Word Shield Definition To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
- English Word Shield Definition To ward off; to keep off or out.
- English Word Shield Definition To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
- English Word Shield-bearer Definition One who, or that which, carries a shield.
- English Word Shield-bearer Definition Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
- English Word Shielddrake Definition A sheldrake.
- English Word Shielded Definition of Shield
- English Word Shielding Definition of Shield
- English Word Shieldless Definition Destitute of a shield, or of protection.
- English Word Shieldtail Definition Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.