shoulder belt

A belt which pa es acro the shoulder; a baldric. "Thou hast an ulcer which no leech can heal, Though thy broad shoulder - belt the wound conceal." Dryden. ( Todd .) shoulder-blade, s. Anat.: The scapula (q. v.). "Then let mine arm fall from the shoulder -blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone." Job xxx i. 22. shoulder-block, s. Naut.: A single block having a projection at the bottom of the shell to prevent the rope that is rove through it from becoming jammed between the block and the yard. IMG:content-1391.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1392.png:[blocks in formation] "The seamen towed, and I shoved, till we arrived within forty yards of the shore."-Swift: Gulliver; Lilli put ., ch. viii. 2. To push off; to move in a boat by means of a pole or oar which reaches to the bottom of the water. (Followed by off or from .) "He grasp'd the oar, Receiv'd his guest aboard, and shov'd from shore." Garth . (1) To shove away : To push away to a distance; to thrust off or away. *(2) To shove by : To push away, to reject; to *shoulder-wrench, s . A wrench of the shoulder. delay. shōul-der, v. t . & i. [SHOULDER, 8.] IMG:content-1393.png:[blocks in formation] (Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, iii. 3.) shoulder-brace, s. IMG:content-1394.png:[blocks in formation] Anat .: The articulation by which the arm in man or the foreleg of a quaruped is connected with the trunk. The large hemispherical head of the humerus is opposed to the much smaller surface of the glenoid cavity of the scapula, the bones, for freedom's sake, being retained in position not by the direct tension of ligaments, but by surrounding muscles and the pre ure of the atmosphere. ( Quain .)