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Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

Shield-bearer :: Shield-bearer (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield..

Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..

Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant..

Shielddrake :: Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.

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

Shield :: Shield (n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury..

Scutiform :: Scutiform (a.) Shield-shaped; scutate.

Bipeltate :: Bipeltate (a.) Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.

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

Clypeiform :: Clypeiform (a.) Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Massy :: Massy (superl.) Compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock..

Shield :: Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends..

Thyroid :: Thyroid (a.) Shaped like an oblong shield; shield-shaped; as, the thyroid cartilage..

Scute :: Scute (n.) A small shield.

Enshield :: Enshield (v. t.) To defend, as with a shield; to shield..

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..

Peltiform :: Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate..

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