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Buckler

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

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Armor 76% connected

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

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Escutcheon 76% connected

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is…

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Pavise 76% connected

A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.

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Scutcheon 76% connected

An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

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Screen 74% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Screen 74% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Shield 92% connected

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

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Aegis noun · 78% connection

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protec…

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Antero- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

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Apothecium noun · 78% connection

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

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Bang noun · 78% connection

The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn.

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Bit verb · 78% connection

A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.

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Blazon noun · 78% connection

An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

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Bonnet noun · 78% connection

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. T…

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Box noun · 78% connection

A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.

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Brush noun · 78% connection

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…

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Canton noun · 78% connection

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top…

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Cantoned adjective · 78% connection

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

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Chasuble noun · 78% connection

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…

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Companion noun · 78% connection

A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

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Corsage noun · 78% connection

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

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Countermarch noun · 78% connection

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

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Dexter adjective · 78% connection

On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representa…

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Different adjective · 78% connection

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…

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Enshield verb · 78% connection

To defend, as with a shield; to shield.

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