among the Hebrews, the name given to those loaves of bread which the priests placed every Sabbath day upon the golden table in the sanctuary. The shew-bread consisted of twelve loaves, according to the number of the tribes; these were served up hot on the Sabbath day, and at the same time the stale ones which had been exposed all the week were taken away. It was not lawful for any one to eat of those loaves but the priests only; this offering was accompanied with salt and frankincense, which was burnt upon the table at the time they set on fresh loaves.

SHEILD an ancient weapon of defence, in the form of a light buckler, borne on the arm, to turn off lances, darts, &c.