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English Dictionary: shield	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shield n a protective covering or structure armor carried on the arm to intercept blows Synonym(s): shield, buckler hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles Synonym(s): carapace, shell, cuticle, shield v protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen] hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" Synonym(s): harbor, harbour, shield
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shield \Shield\, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj[94]ldr, Sw. sk[94]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Sheldrake}.] 1. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See {Buckler}. Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. --Shak. 2. Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. [bd]My council is my shield.[b8] --Shak. 3. Figuratively, one who protects or defends. Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. --Gen. xv. 1. 4. (Bot.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. 5. (Her.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. {Lozenge}. See Illust. of {Escutcheon}. 6. (Mining & Tunneling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. 7. A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. [bd]Bespotted as with shields of red and black.[b8] --Spenser. 8. A coin, the old French crown, or [82]cu, having on one side the figure of a shield. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Shield fern} (Bot.), any fern of the genus {Aspidium}, in which the fructifications are covered with shield-shaped indusia; -- called also {wood fern}. See Illust. of {Indusium}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.] 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 shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Shield used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek. 39:9; Nahum 2:3). Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Gen. 15:1; Deut. 33:29; Ps. 33:20; 84:11). Faith is compared to a shield (Eph. 6:16). Shields were usually "anointed" (Isa. 21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.