nutmeg vs shielding

nutmeg

noun
  • The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent. 

  • A grey-brown colour. 

  • The powdered seed, ready for use. 

  • An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. 

  • A whole nutmeg seed. 

  • A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere. 

verb
  • To flavour with nutmeg. 

  • To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent). 

shielding

noun
  • Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender. 

  • The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei 

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