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  2. Shield - Wikipedia

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    Shields also vary a great deal in thickness; whereas some shields were made of relatively deep, absorbent, wooden planking to protect soldiers from the impact of spears and crossbow bolts, others were thinner and lighter and designed mainly for deflecting blade strikes (like the roromaraugi or qauata). Finally, shields vary greatly in shape ...

  3. RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    I think RuneScape is a game that would be adopted in the English-speaking Indian world and the local-speaking Indian world. We're looking at all those markets individually." [78] RuneScape later launched in India through the gaming portal Zapak on 8 October 2009, [79] and in France and Germany through Bigpoint Games on 27 May 2010. [80]

  4. Buckler - Wikipedia

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    Buckler front and back Sword and buckler combat, plate from the Tacuinum Sanitatis illustrated in Lombardy, ca. 1390. Irish round shield. A buckler (French bouclier 'shield', from Old French bocle, boucle 'boss') is a small shield, up to 45 cm (up to 18 in) in diameter, [1] gripped in the fist with a central handle behind the boss.

  5. Old School RuneScape - Wikipedia

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    Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex.The game was released on 16 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3.

  6. Smoke deflectors - Wikipedia

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    Various styles of smoke deflectors have been used by different railway operators. However, many are essentially a variation of one of two designs of Windleitbleche (wind deflecting plates) developed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (the German State Railway Company) between the World Wars: the earlier, larger Wagner-type deflector, and the later, smaller Witte-type deflector, such as ...

  7. Jagex - Wikipedia

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    Old School RuneScape is a separate incarnation of RuneScape released on 22 February 2013, based on a copy of the game from August 2007. It was opened to paying subscribers after a poll to determine the level of support for releasing this game passed 50,000 votes (totaling 449,351 votes [ 38 ] ), followed by a free-to-play version on 19 February ...

  8. Flame deflector - Wikipedia

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    During the Apollo program the need for a flame deflector was a determining factor in the design of the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39. NASA designers chose a two-way, wedge-type metal flame deflector.

  9. Shield boss - Wikipedia

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    A Lombard shield boss from northern Italy, 7th century (Metropolitan Museum of Art). A shield boss, or umbo, is a round, convex or conical piece of material at the centre of a shield.