Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SHIELD
SHIELD, v.t.
- To cover, as with a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect; to secure from assault or injury. To see the son the vanquished father shield. – Dryden. Hear one that comes to shield his injur'd honor. – Smith.
- To ward off; to defend against; as, clothes to shield one from cold.
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