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Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection..

Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Attack :: Attack (v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault..

Feint :: Feint (v. i.) To make a feint, or mock attack..

Quartation :: Quartation (n.) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting..

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence..

Oppugn :: Oppugn (v. t.) To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

Boxhauling :: Boxhauling (n.) A method of going from one tack to another. See Boxhaul.

Apprise :: Apprise (v. t.) To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done..

Falconry :: Falconry (n.) The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

Descent :: Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy..

Stacket :: Stackage (n.) A tax on things stacked.

Attack :: Attack (v. i.) To make an onset or attack.

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only..

Have :: Have (v. t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion..

Tacksmen :: Tacksmen (pl. ) of Tacksma.

Assailant :: Assailant (a.) Assailing; attacking.

Tackled :: Tackled (imp. & p. p.) of Tackl.

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