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- Shield - n. - A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
- Shield - n. - Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
- Shield - n. - Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
- Shield - n. - In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- Shield - n. - The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
- Shield - n. - A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- Shield - n. - A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
- Shield - n. - A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
- Shield - n. - To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
- Shield - n. - To ward off; to keep off or out.
- Shield - n. - To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
- Shield-bearer - n. - One who, or that which, carries a shield.
- Shield-bearer - n. - Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
- Shielddrake - n. - A sheldrake.
- Shielded - imp. & p. p. - of Shield
- Shielding - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Shield
- Shieldless - a. - Destitute of a shield, or of protection.
- Shieldtail - n. - 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.
- Hyperaspist - n. - One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.
- Target - n. - A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- 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.
- Aegis - n. - A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
- Impalement - n. - The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the arms of husband and wife. See Impale, 3.
- Scutcheon - n. - A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
- Pavise - n. - A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it.
- Quartering - n. - The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
- Thoracostraca - a. - An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.
- Muff - n. - A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
- Screen - n. - Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
- Quarterly - adv. - In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.
- 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.
- Helmet - n. - A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
- Scutum - n. - An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
- Doubling - n. - The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
- Legend - n. - An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- Impresa - n. - A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
- Achievement - n. - An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
- Lanier - n. - A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.
- Protect - v. t. - To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
- Carapace - n. - The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
- Bendy - a. - Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
- Saltirewise - adv. - In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
- Rondache - n. - A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
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- H5507 סֹחֵרָה - 5507 סֹחֵרָה - סֹחֵרָה - - çôchêrâh - so-khay-raw' - properly, active participle feminine of סָחַר; something surrounding the person, i.e. a shield; buckler. - Noun Feminine - heb
- G785 ἀσπίς - 785 ἀσπίς - ἈΣΠΊΣ - - aspís - as-pece' - of uncertain derivation; a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp":--asp. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H3591 כִּידוֹן - 3591 כִּידוֹן - כִּידוֹן - - kîydôwn - kee-dohn' - from the same as כִּיד; (perhaps smaller than חֲנִיתlemma חֲניִת second vowel, corrected to חֲנִית); properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart; lance, shield, spear, target. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4042 מָגַן - 4042 מָגַן - מָגַן - - mâgan - maw-gan' - a denominative from מָגֵן; properly, to shield; encompass with; figuratively, to rescue, to hand safely over (i.e. surrender); deliver. - Verb - heb
- H4043 מָגֵן - 4043 מָגֵן - מָגֵן - - mâgên - maw-gane' - also (in plural) feminine מְגִנָּה; from גָּנַן; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile; [idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H7982 שֶׁלֶט - 7982 שֶׁלֶט - שֶׁלֶט - - sheleṭ - sheh'-let - from שָׁלַט; probably a shield (as controlling, i.e. protecting the person); shield. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G2375 θυρεός - 2375 θυρεός - ΘΥΡΕΌΣ - - thyreós - thoo-reh-os' - from θύρα; a large shield (as door-shaped):--shield. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H6793 צִנָּה - 6793 צִנָּה - צִנָּה - - tsinnâh - tsin-naw' - feminine of צֵן; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing); buckler, cold, hook, shield, target. - Noun Feminine - heb
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- Ezekiel 26 27:10 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
פרס ולוד ופוט היו בחילך אנשׁי מלחמתך מגן וכובע תלו־בך המה נתנו הדרך - 1 Kings 11 10:17 - And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
ושׁלשׁ־מאות מגנים זהב שׁחוט שׁלשׁת מנים זהב יעלה על־המגן האחת ויתנם המלך בית יער הלבנון - Judges 7 5:8 - They chose new gods ; then was war in the gates : was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel ?
יבחר אלהים חדשׁים אז לחם שׁערים מגן אמ־יראה ורמח בארבעים אלף בישׂראל - Psalms 19 91:4 - He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
באברתו יסך לך ותחת־כנפיו תחסה צנה וסחרה אמתו - Ezekiel 26 23:24 - And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about : and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
ובאו עליך הצן רכב וגלגל ובקהל עמים צנה ומגן וקובע ישׂימו עליך סביב ונתתי לפניהם משׁפט ושׁפטוך במשׁפטיהם
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- Psalms 19 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
שָׁבַר רֶשֶׁף קֶשֶׁת מָגֵן חֶרֶב מִלְחָמָה סֶלָה - Psalms 19 84:9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
רָאָה אֱלֹהִים מָגֵן נָבַט פָּנִים מָשִׁיחַ - Nehemiah 16 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
יוֹם חֵצִי נַעַר עָשָׂה מְלָאכָה חֵצִי חָזַק רֹמַח מָגֵן קֶשֶׁת שִׁרְיוֹן שַׂר אַחַר בַּיִת יְהוּדָה - 2 Chronicles 14 17:17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
בִּנְיָמִין אֶלְיָדָע גִּבּוֹר חַיִל נָשַׁק קֶשֶׁת מָגֵן מֵאָה אֶלֶף - 2 Chronicles 14 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
אֲמַצְיָה קָבַץ יְהוּדָה קָבַץ עָמַד שַׂר אֶלֶף שַׂר מֵאָה בַּיִת אָב יְהוּדָה בִּנְיָמִין פָּקַד עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנֶה בֵּן מַעַל מָצָא שָׁלוֹשׁ מֵאָה אֶלֶף בָּחַר יָצָא צָבָא אָחַז רֹמַח צִנָּה