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See Shy, to throw.

imp. & p. p. of Shy.

A sheeling. [Scot.] Burns.

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.

One who, or that which, carries a shield.

A sheldrake.

Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.

Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidæ, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.

A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling. [Scot.]

A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house.

A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice.

miss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of frust. They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison. He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.

A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.

One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.

To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.

A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches.

An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

l, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans.

embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton.