"Aegis" is a word in ENGLISH
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a
protection.
A man without life purpose is not in any way different from a wondering goat.
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A student called up his Mom one evening from his college and asked her for some money, because he was broke.His Mother said, "Sure, sweetie. I will send you some money. You also left your economics book here when you visited two weeks ago. Do you want me to send that up too?""Uhh, oh yeah, O.K." responded the kid.So his Mom wrapped the book along with the checks up in a package, kissed Dad goodbye, and went to the post office to mail the money and the book. When she gets back, Dad asked, "Well how much did you give the boy this time?""Oh, I wrote two checks, one for $20, and the other for $1,000 out to him.""That's $1020!!!" yelled Dad, "Are you going crazy???""Don't worry hon," Mom said, kissed Dad on the on top of his bald head, "I taped the $20 check to the cover of his book, but I put the $1,000 one somewhere between the pages in chapter 15!"
Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of …
Read the complete definitionAn escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment.
Read the complete definitionA small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.
Read the complete definitionThe sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium …
Read the complete definitionFormerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later …
Read the complete definitionIn English law. A device depicted on the (now imagi-nary) shield of one of the nobility, of which gentry is …
Read the complete definitionThe ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity …
Read the complete definitionNot furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.
Read the complete definitionDivided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
Read the complete definitionNotched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Read the complete definitionHaving a shell or covering like a double shield.
Read the complete definitionA shield.
Read the complete definitionAn heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
Read the complete definitionA border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
Read the complete definitionA protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as …
Read the complete definitionA kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting …
Read the complete definitionTo shield; to defend.
Read the complete definitionA division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a …
Read the complete definitionHaving a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of …
Read the complete definitionThe thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
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