Word Meanings - ENSHIELD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To defend, as with a shield; to shield. Shak.

Related words: (words related to ENSHIELD)

• SHIELD-BEARER
  Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
• SHIELDDRAKE
  A sheldrake.
• DEFENDER
  One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. Motley.
• DEFENDABLE
  Capable of being defended; defensible.
• SHIELDLESS
  Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.
• DEFENDANT
  1. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak. 2. Making defense.
• DEFENDEE
  One who is defended.
• DEFEND
  To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill. Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as
• SHIELD
  In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. (more info) akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjöldr, Sw. sköld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain
• SHIELDTAIL
  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.
• DEFENDRESS
  A female defender. Defendress of the faith. Stow.
• WATER SHIELD
  An aquatic American plant having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
• ENSHIELD
  To defend, as with a shield; to shield. Shak.
• CODEFENDANT
  A joint defendant. Blackstone.