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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Clypeate :: Clypeate (a.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

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..

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

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

Parbuckled :: Parbuckled (imp. & p. p.) of Parbuckl.

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches..

Buckled :: Buckled (imp. & p. p.) of Buckl.

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

Billet :: Billet (n.) A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.

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

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

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

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

Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..

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..

Buckler :: Buckler (n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp..

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