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!
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Shield Quotations
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy
Your spirit is the true shield.
Morihei Ueshiba
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
Edmund Burke
But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
Quentin Crisp
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
Charles de Montesquieu
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Robert Green Ingersoll
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.
Jessica Savitch
People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity.
Mark Ruffalo
Shield Translations
shield in Dutch is schild, bordje, uithangbord, bord
shield in French is enseigne
shield in German is abschirmen, abgeschirmt/Schutzschild, Abschirmung
shield in Latin is contego, tego texi tectum
shield in Portuguese is protetor
shield in Spanish is blindaje, escudo
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