"shieldwise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From shield + -wise.",
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          "ref": "1844, Charles Waterton, Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology, page 114:",
          "text": "The dog immediately bristled up, and I had just time to take off my hat, and hold it shieldwise in self-defence, when he came on and made directly at it.",
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        "In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier."
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