Protection: alternatives and connections

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of…

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

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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is u…

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One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.

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of Bind

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Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

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A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

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That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

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A covering for the head

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A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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of Cover

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A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

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The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces…

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A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- i…

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See Defense.

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Alt. of Defence

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A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

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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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of Face

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The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

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of Hedge

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State; condition.

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of House

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Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

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of Inoculate

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The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.

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The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, o…

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One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.

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of Line

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of Lock

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A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

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A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.

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Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve mois…

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To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

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One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid.

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To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

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The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, pr…

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The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon t…

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of Save

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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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An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.

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See Self-defense.

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The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.

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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

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Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.

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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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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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of Shield

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A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboar…

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One who, or that which, splashes.

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A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the Europ…

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The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

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of Vaccinate

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A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.

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The act or process of making waterproof.

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or…

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of Cover

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Same as Indorsement.

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The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction;…

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The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

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The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.

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The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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

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of Auspice

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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as th…

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