Definition of fend

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Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows..

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Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..
Valid :: Valid (a.) Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection..
Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..
Ganocephala :: Ganocephala (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes..
Transgress :: Transgress (v. i.) To offend against the law; to sin.
Self-defensive :: Self-defensive (a.) Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation..
Offenseless :: Offenseless (a.) Unoffending; inoffensive.
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
Varuna :: Varuna (n.) The god of the waters; the Indian Neptune. He is regarded as regent of the west, and lord of punishment, and is represented as riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water..
Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..
Sillon :: Sillon (n.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it..
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..
Apologize :: Apologize (v. t.) To defend.
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Mole :: Mole (n.) A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself..
Apocryphalist :: Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha..
Self-defense :: Self-defense (n.) The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation..
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.
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