clype

As these buildings were oftentimes light-houses, and had in their upper story one round casement, Argolici clype�, aut Phœbe� lampadis instar, by which they afforded light in the night-season; the Greeks made this a characteristic of the people.

I'm a great coortier, ladies, you must know, and am in love wid every purty girl I meet—but sure that's only natural; however, as I was sayin', it's not to a clype or a pair of smooth-in' irons I'll produce such stockins' as these!

But they pressed us hard, and one o' them landed me an awful clype on the jaw.