Definition of fence

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Fence (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received..

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Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..
Length :: Length (a.) A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence..
Fencing :: Fencing (v. i.) The act of building a fence.
Timber :: Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3..
Improvement :: Improvement (n.) Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises..
Stickler :: Stickler (v. t.) One who arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
Inclosure :: Inclosure (n.) That which is inclosed or placed within something; a thing contained; a space inclosed or fenced up.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence..
Leap :: Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse..
Incloser :: Incloser (n.) One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds..
Strike :: Strike (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
Thrust :: Thrust (v. i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
Paling :: Paling (n.) Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure..
Picket :: Picket (n.) A pointed pale, used in marking fences..
Pale :: Pale (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off..
Defence :: Defence (n. & v. t.) See Defense.
Take :: Take (v. t.) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence..
Gateway :: Gateway (n.) A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense..
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
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