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Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge. Cussans.

with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Having a shell or covering like a double shield.

A shield. [Obs.]

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.

A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.

Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

s a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.

Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

Shield-shaped; clypeate.

n, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.

A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.

o delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.] And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

y, an heraldic bearing. Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields. Addison. A banner with this strange device -Excelsior. Longfellow.

On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. -…