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A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Also written bield and beeld.] The random beild o' clod or stane. Burns.

imony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light. -- Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3. -- Bengal tiger. (Zoöl.). See Tiger.

An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see. Bishop in partibus [inf…

Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. C. Kingsley.

s stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.

of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott.

To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]

A cover or protection for an advanced trench or approach, formed of fascines and earth supported by a framework.

A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc.

portions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See Eucalyptus. -- Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. -- Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailo…

nacted to provide for the regulation and supervision of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return; -- so called because the promises made by some investment companies are as bound…

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).

An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

ar the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.