Definition of town

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Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.

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Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..
Accessible :: Accessible (a.) Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town..
Townhall :: Townhall (n.) A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc..
Burgomaster :: Burgomaster (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster..
Urban :: Urban (a.) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population..
Garrison :: Garrison (v. t.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town..
Murage :: Murage (n.) A tax or toll paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..
Soc :: Soc (n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
Burghbote :: Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Mocha :: Mocha (n.) A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Shell :: Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town..
Fairly :: Fairly (adv.) Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade..
Pensionary :: Pensionary (n.) One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
Homewards :: Homewards (adv.) Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country..
Ring :: Ring (v. i.) To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame..
Borough :: Borough (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut..
Kidderminster :: Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured..
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