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.
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.
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)