Word Meanings - SHIELD-BEARER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.
Related words: (words related to SHIELD-BEARER)
- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - 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. - COVER-POINT
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." - COVERLET
The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - COVERCLE
A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - COVERT BARON
Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill. - SHIELDDRAKE
A sheldrake. - COVERTNESS
Secrecy; privacy. - COVERER
One who, or that which, covers. - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - SMALLPOX
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick - COVERCHIEF
A covering for the head. Chaucer. - COVERTLY
Secretly; in private; insidiously. - COVER
operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing 1. To overspread the surface of with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth. 2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. And - SHIELDLESS
Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n. - MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot. - COVERING
Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering - RECOVER
To cover again. Sir W. Scott. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - SUBGENUS
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. - DISCOVERTURE
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery. - PARKLEAVES
A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan. - DISCOVERABLE
Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. - DISCOVERY
1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next - IRRECOVERABLE
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon. Syn. -- Irreparable; irretrievable; irremediable; unalterable; incurable; hopeless. - DISCOVERER
1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak. - RECOVERANCE
Recovery.