Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
Cashier :: Cashier (v. t.) To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
Cashier :: Cashier (v. t.) To put away or reject; to disregard.
Cashierer :: Cashierer (n.) One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs..
Shield :: 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 :: Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Shield :: Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends..
Shield :: Shield (n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci..
Shield :: Shield (n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
Shield :: Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses..
Shield :: Shield (n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield..
Shield :: Shield (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield..
Shield :: Shield (n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury..
Shield :: Shield (n.) To ward off; to keep off or out.
Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.
Shield-bearer :: Shield-bearer (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield..
Shield-bearer :: Shield-bearer (n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves..
Shieldless :: Shieldless (a.) Destitute of a shield, or of protection..
Shieldtail :: 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..