esguardt (esgard)

[Improp. escutcheon (es-kuch'on), п. [Formerly esco che on, escochion (rare), but in E. first in the abbr. form, scutcheon, scutch i on, scuchin, etc., escutcheon of a woman is lozenge-shaped and should not be styled a shield, and the sculptured escutcheons of the eighteenth century were commonly panels of fantastic form, surrounded by rococo scrollwork, and usually having a convex rounded surface. (See cartouche, 7.) The space within the outline of the escutcheon is called, for the purposes of blazon, the field. (See field.) A shield used as a bearing is sometimes improperly called an escutcheon. See shield. Also scutcheon . The duke's private band,.. displaying on their breasts broad silver escutcheons , on which were emblazoned the arms of the Guzmans. Pre scott, 2. Something, either artificial or natural, hav ing more or le resemblance to an escutcheon. Specifically-( a ) Naut., a here is painted the panel on ship's stern where the keyhole of a door, or to which the handle is attached; a scutcheon. (c) In mammal., a shield-like surface or area upon the rump, defined by the color or texture of the hair. It is conspicuous in many animals, especially of the deer and antelope kind, forming a large white or light area of somewhat circular form over the tail, as in the Break me a bit o' the esh for his 'ead, lad, out o' the fence! Tennyson, Northern Farmer, New Style. A Middle English form of easy . esodic they occur is considered highly probable by most geologists; but no very satisfactory explanation of the mode of their formation has yet been given." A. Geikie (1885). Called in Scotland kame. The great elongated ridges of gravel called eskers , and the wide-spread deposits of similar material which are met with so abundantly, especially in the central parts of Ireland, have long been famous. J. Geikie , Ice Age, p. 374. Eskimo (es'ki-mō), n. and a. [Pl. prop. Eski mos , but also like sing., in imitation of the F. pl. Esquimaux , pron. es-ke-mō'; Eski mo , pl. Eskimoer ; G. Esquimo, sing. and pl., based, like the obsolescent E. Esquimaux , pl. (> sing. Esquimau ), on F. Esquimaux , pl., > Sp. Pg. Esquimales , etc. The name was orig. applied by the Indians of Labrador to the Eskimos of that region; Abenaki Eskimatsic , Ojiba Askimeg , are said to mean 'those who eat raw flesh.' The natives call themselves Innuit , the people.] I. n. One of a race inhabiting Green land and parts of arctic America and Asia (on the Bering sea), on or near the coasts. They are generally short and stout, with broad faces, are naturally of a light-brown color, live by hunting and fishing, and dre in skins. Their dwellings are tents of skin in summer and close huts in winter, usually partly underground, and often, for temporary use, made of snow and ice. Their affinities are uncertain, and some regard them as remains of a prehistoric coast race of Europe. The Eskimo language is polysynthetic, and has been cultivated to some extent by mi ionaries. Also Esquimau . II. a. Of or pertaining to the Eskimos.-Eskimo curlew, the dough-bird, Numenius borealis . See eskin (es'kin), n. [E. dial.] A pail or kit. [North. Eng.] curlew Numenius. Eskimo dog. See dog.