to defend as with a shield

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• Shield — Shield, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.] 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. [1913 Webster] Shouts of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shield — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sheld, from Old English scield; akin to Old High German scilt shield and probably to Old English sciell shell Date: before 12th century 1. a broad piece of defensive armor carried on the arm 2. one that protects… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• defend — 1 Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. Defend implies the use of means to ward off something that actually threatens or to repel something that actually attacks {raise a large army to defend …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• defend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French defendre, from Latin defendere, from de + fendere to strike; akin to Old English gūth battle, war, Greek theinein to strike Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to drive danger or attack away… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Ranfurly Shield — The Ranfurly Shield, colloquially known as the Log o Wood, is perhaps the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand s domestic rugby union competition. First played for in 1904, the Ranfurly Shield is based on a challenge system, rather than a… …   Wikipedia

• Captain America's shield — is a fictional item, the primary defensive and offensive piece of equipment used by the Marvel Comics superhero Captain America, and he is seldom seen without it. Over the years, Captain America has had the use of several different shields of… …   Wikipedia

• List of The Shield characters — The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series, The Shield. Contents 1 Main characters 2 Supporting characters 2.1 …   Wikipedia

• List of characters from The Shield — The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series, The Shield . Main characters* Michael Chiklis Vic Mackey (2002–2008) * Glenn Close Monica Rawling (2005) * Catherine Dent Danielle Danny Sofer (2002–2008) *… …   Wikipedia

• In My Defens God Me Defend — is the motto of both the Royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Scotland and Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom used in Scotland. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=82cNAAAAIAAJ pg=PA514 lpg=PA514 dq=%22in+my+defence+god+me+defend%22… …   Wikipedia

• Human shield action to Iraq — was a group of people who travelled to Iraq to act as human shields with the purpose of preventing the U.S. led coalition troops from bombing certain locations during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Chronology… …   Wikipedia

• Energy shield — An energy shield is a form of technology commonly found in science fiction, but also in development for real life space travel [ [http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11623 feedId=online news rss20 Deflector shields could protect future… …   Wikipedia