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Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.

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..

Shield :: Shield (n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci..

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) 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 called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister..

Elytrum :: Elytrum (n.) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Chaetopoda.

Shielding :: Shielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shiel.

Bendy :: Bendy (a.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention..

Rocky :: Rocky (a.) Like a rock; as, the rocky orb of a shield..

Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.

Ponderous :: Ponderous (a.) Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant..

Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

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

Scutage :: Scutage (n.) Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.

Scutcheoned :: Scutcheoned (a.) Emblazoned on or as a shield.

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell..

Hyperaspist :: Hyperaspist (n.) One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender..

Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..

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