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Peltiform :: Peltiform (a.) Shieldlike, with the outline nearly circular; peltate..

Scutal :: Scutal (a.) Of or pertaining to a shield.

Escroll :: Escroll (n.) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest..

Targe :: Targe (n.) A shield or target.

Target :: Target (n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war..

Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..

Squire :: Squire (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.

Jig :: "Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.

Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..

Targeteer :: Targeteer (n.) One who is armed with a target or shield.

Scutcheon :: Scutcheon (n.) A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4..

Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..

Semirecondite :: Semirecondite (a.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.

Enshield :: Enshield (a.) Shielded; enshielded.

Shielded :: Shielded (imp. & p. p.) of Shiel.

Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target..

Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..

Hypaspist :: Hypaspist (n.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer.

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