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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shield  \Shield\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shielded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shielding}.]  [AS.  scidan  scyldan  See  {Shield},  n.] 
  1.  To  cover  with  or  as  with  a  shield;  to  cover  from  danger; 
  to  defend;  to  protect  from  assault  or  injury. 
 
  Shouts  of  applause  ran  ringing  through  the  field,  To 
  see  the  son  the  vanquished  father  shield.  --Dryden. 
 
  A  woman's  shape  doth  shield  thee.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  ward  off  to  keep  off  or  out 
 
  They  brought  with  them  their  usual  weeds,  fit  to 
  shield  the  cold  to  which  they  had  been  inured. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  To  avert,  as  a  misfortune;  hence  as  a  supplicatory 
  exclamation,  forbid!  [Obs.] 
 
  God  shield  that  it  should  so  befall.  --Chaucer. 
 
  God  shield  I  should  disturb  devotion!  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shielding 
  adj  :  actively  protective;  "provided  covering  fire  for  the  platoon 
  that  was  moving  up"  [syn:  {covering}] 
  n  1:  the  act  of  shielding  from  harm 
  2:  a  shield  of  lead  or  concrete  intended  as  a  barrier  to 
  radiation  emitted  in  nuclear  decay 
  3:  an  arrangement  of  metal  mesh  or  plates  designed  to  protect 
  electronic  equipment  from  ambient  electromagnetic 
  interference 




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