Vocabulary : Shie to Shieldtail
Shie : See Shy, to throw.Shied : imp. & p. p. of Shy. ;; of Shy
Shiel : A sheeling.
Shield : A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. ;; Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. ;; Figuratively, one who protects or defends. ;; In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. ;; The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon. ;; A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. ;; A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. ;; A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield. ;; To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. ;; To ward off; to keep off or out. ;; To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Shield-bearer : One who, or that which, carries a shield. ;; Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
