What is 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 called?
shield — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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