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Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light..

Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Targeteer :: Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield.

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or..

Vairy :: Vairy (n.) Charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. See Vair.

Rocky :: Rocky (a.) Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield..

Scutibranchiata :: Scutibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Esquire :: Esquire (n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire..

Embossed :: Embossed (a.) Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..

Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Blazon :: Blazon (n.) An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings..

Achievement :: Achievement (n.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.

Targe :: Targe (n.) A shield or target.

Hyperaspist :: Hyperaspist (n.) One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender..

Score :: Score (v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield..

Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.

Semirecondite :: Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Lanier :: Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like..

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