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- noun Plural form of
shield . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shield . Protects.
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Examples
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RARE my bloody valentine 2DVD not CD kevin shields MBV
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BUT, my sister in law got these nipple shields from the hospital and she used them the entire time she nursed.
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A formation of spearmen without shields is very vulnerable.
The Spear « Isegoria 2008
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Their heads are visible as they ride in a yellow-roofed structure with three red arches placed on the elephant's back. 97 In the second piece of the tapestry, two scenes flank a red ground on which there are four shields from the Vorgassen family (a silver shield with a brown lance point facing up to the left).
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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So our enemy not wearing military uniforms, and using human shields, is what it takes for you to give up the principals of a civilized democratic society.
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The most important colors — red, yellow, and blue — are presented in shields that are physically larger than the other five are.
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In light of this situation the Record of Understanding carries the commitment of the government and ANC to combine forces to take away spears and shields from the Zulus!
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As soon as they were gone, the thralls came running into the house and took down all the swords and shields from the wall and ran out.
Viking Tales 1902
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Homer, it is supposed, in practice only knows the round shields of the later age, 700 B.C., so he calls shields "round," but, obedient to tradition, he conceives of them as very large.
Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878
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I, who have borne for years with the caprice of school-girls, can surely bear the humors of one man, especially when his name shields me from other sorts of ills.
Not Pretty, but Precious Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford 1878
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