ply vs scutum

ply

noun
  • A bent; a direction. 

  • In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players. 

  • A layer of material. 

  • A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn. 

  • A condition, a state. 

verb
  • To work at (something) diligently. 

  • To press upon; to urge persistently. 

  • To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion. 

  • To travel over (a route) regularly. 

  • To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.). 

  • To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously. 

scutum

noun
  • A scute. 

  • The kneecap. 

  • One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. 

  • An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army. 

  • A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum) 

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