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Webster 1913 Edition

aegis

‖

ae′gis

(ē′jĭs)

,

Noun.

[L.

aegis

, fr. Gr.

αἰγίσ

a goat skin, a shield,

αἴξ

goat, or fr.

ἀῒσσω

to rush.]

A shield or protective armor; – applied in mythology to the shield of

Jupiter

which he gave to

Minerva

. Also

fig.:

A shield; a protection.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aegis

AE'GIS

,

Noun.

[Gr. a goat skin, and shield; from a goat.]

A shield, or defensive armor.