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Shield   /ʃild/   Listen
noun
Shield  n.  
1.
A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. "Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields."
2.
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. "My council is my shield."
3.
Figuratively, one who protects or defends. "Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
4.
(Bot.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
5.
(Her.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge.
6.
(Mining & Tunneling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
7.
A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. "Bespotted as with shields of red and black."
8.
A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield. (Obs.)
Shield fern (Bot.), any fern of the genus Aspidium, in which the fructifications are covered with shield-shaped indusia; called also wood fern.



verb
Shield  v. t.  (past & past part. shielded; pres. part. shielding)  
1.
To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. "Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield." "A woman's shape doth shield thee."
2.
To ward off; to keep off or out. "They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured."
3.
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! (Obs.) "God shield that it should so befall." "God shield I should disturb devotion!"






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"Shield" Quotes from Famous Books



... quick as lightning, Monteith pulled from his pocket a loaded revolver and pointed it full at his rival. With a cry of terror, Frida flung herself between them, and tried to protect her lover with the shield of her own body. But Bertram gently unwound her arms and held her off from him tenderly. "No, no, darling," he said slowly, sitting down with wonderful calm upon a big grey sarsen-stone that abutted upon the ...
— The British Barbarians • Grant Allen

... for five minutes, but two were sufficient for my purpose. The draughtsman had been obstinate with Dawson, seeking loyally to shield his wretched brother-in-law, but when he found that I had the missing thread in my hands, he gave in at once. "What relation is —— to your wife?" I asked. He had risen at my entrance, but the question went through him like a bullet; his pale face flushed, he staggered ...
— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone

... numbered from 0 (the next figure, of course, being 1) to 75. Each figure indicates one space. When writing your name and address on the first page of both synopsis and scenario, set your left marginal stop at 5. When the paper is pushed as far to the left of the paper-shield as it will go, this will give you a left-hand margin of about 1-3/16 inches—which is quite wide enough for the margin on a photoplay script. Write your name and address so that the top line will come about three-quarters of an inch from the top of the sheet, ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds

... arms, and from an odd-looking golden spiral at the back of his head his thick and dark-red hair fell in flowing ringlets upon his broad shoulders. Raw-hide shoes covered his feet, and his bronze shield and short war-ax hung conveniently from his saddle of skins. A strong guard of pikemen and gallowglasses, or heavy-armed footmen, followed at his pony's heels, and seemed an escort worthy a ...
— Historic Boys - Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times • Elbridge Streeter Brooks

... second and third lines, finding the wire thicker in front of each line, but finally reaching their objective and building bombing blocks. It was a dark night, and to avoid losing touch, Captains Petch and Shields had arranged to call each other's names as they went forward. Suddenly Captain Shield's voice stopped with one last cry, and Captain Petch hurrying to the spot found he had been hit by a shell and terribly wounded in both legs. However, his Company reached the third line, and the party under 2nd Lieut. Plumer set ...
— The Fifth Leicestershire - A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, - T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. • J.D. Hills


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