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Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc..

Buckler :: Buckler (v. t.) To shield; to defend.

Buckler-headed :: Buckler-headed (a.) Having a head like a buckler.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Scutate :: Scutate (a.) Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.

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

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..

Pick :: Pick (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Matachin :: Matachin (n.) An old dance with swords and bucklers; a sword dance.

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled..

Scutiferous :: Scutiferous (a.) Carrying a shield or buckler.

Crupper :: Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Chape :: Chape (n.) The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap..

Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes..

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