1) Aegis 2) Badge 3) Buckler 4) Case 5) Casing 6) Cover 7) Covering 8) Defence 9) Defend 10) Ecu 11) Egis 12) Guard 13) Insulate 14) Insure 15) Pavis 16) Pavise 17) Protect 18) Screen 19) Shell 20) Soap
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1) Ancient weapon 2) Archie Comics superhero 3) Arrow stopper 4) Badge of a kind 5) BP logo shape until 2000 6) Bulwark 7) Captain America carries one 8) Conceal from danger 9) Constellation 10) Constellation, Scutum 11) DC Comics superhero 12) Defense 13) Defensive armor 14) Escutcheon 15) Exclusively Anglo word
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- a protective covering or structure
- armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
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(screen) A screen to shield a rain-gauge from the influence of the wind, or to shield a thermometer against insolation.
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• (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield. • (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends. • (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. • (n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a ...
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(from the article `basketry`) ...Assam region in India, and Hawaii); armour (for example, armour of coconut palm fibre for protection against weapons made of sharks` teeth by the ... Shields were used for hunting long before they were used for warfare, partly for defense and partly for concealment in stalking game, and it is ... ...T...
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(from the article `heraldry`) The shield is the essential part of an armorial achievement; without it there can be no full heraldic display, except for those of ladies and some ... The surface of the shield (or escutcheon) is the field. This is divided into chief and base (top and bottom), sinister and dexter (left and right, ... [2 ...
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barrier or enclosure provided for mechanical protection, which may also have the function of a screen
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material intended to reduce the radiation field inside a region
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1) The outer conductive wrapping around an inner wire or inner wires in a cable.
2)To protect the inner wire or inner wires in a cable from pick up of energy given off by such things as florescent lights.
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1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. 'Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield.' (Dryden) 'A woman's shape doth shield thee.' (Shak) ... 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. 'They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shi...
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(shēld) any protecting structure. in radiology, a protective device, often made of lead, through which particualr types of rays cannot pass; used to avoid the effects of ionizing radiation.
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Any material or device used to inhibit the destructive effects an ambient magnetic or electric field may have on a signal path or an entire electronic system. In tape recorders, the heads may be shielded by plates of metal, an alloy impervious to magnetic fields. (b) In electric signal paths, the signal conductors may be wrapped in a thin metallic ...
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Shield transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Shielded ;
present participle & verbal noun Shielding .] [ Anglo-Saxon
scidan ,
scyldan .
See Shield ,
noun ]
1. To cover...
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Shield noun [ Middle English sheld , scheld , Anglo-Saxon scield , scild , sceld , scyld ; akin to Old Saxon scild , OFries. skeld , D. & German schild , Old High German scilt , Icelandic skjöldr , Swedish sköld
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An extensive area of a continent where igneous and metamorphic rocks are exposed and have approached equilibrium with respect to erosion and isostasy. Rocks of the shield are usually very old (that is, more than 600 million years old).
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A large stable area of exposed very old (more than 600 million years) igneous and metamorphic rock found on continents. This rock forms the nucleus of the continents.
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In heraldry, the shield is the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. The shield is mapped into areas, described from the perspective of someone holding the shield, and thus opposite to the viewer's perspective. The left side being the sinister side, the right side described as the dexter side. The top of the shield ...
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Any of several extensive regions where ancient Precambrian crystalline rocks are exposed at the Earth's surface.
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a screen to shield a rain-gauge from the influence of the wind, or to shield a thermometer against insolation.
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noun armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
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(geology) In geology, alternative name for craton, the ancient core of a continent
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(technology) In technology, any material used to reduce the amount of radiation (electrostatic, electromagnetic, heat, nuclear) reaching from one region of space to another, or any material used as a protection against falling debris, as in tunnelling. Electrical conductors are used for electr...
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A mass of attenuating material used to prevent or reduce the passage of radiation or particles.
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Large piece of wood, leather and metal held in front of a soldier's body to protect him in battle. Most Greek shields were round.
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