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A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life. I, in my own woe charmed, Could not find death. Shak.

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7.

A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.

alized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

s of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper.

A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.

A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey. Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used i…

Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.

A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.

great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector Shak.

ed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron. Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam. A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Burke. Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that…

One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver. The great Creator and Conservator of the world. Derham.

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect. The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor. Strype.

to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula. -- Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul d…

A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their connerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.