Definition of fender

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Fender (v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.

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Inflict :: Inflict (v. t.) To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal..
Skid :: Skid (n.) Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
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..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To inflict a penalty for (an offense) upon the offender; to repay, as a fault, crime, etc., with pain or loss; as, to punish murder or treason with death..
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..
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..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Frithstool :: Frithstool (n.) A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary..
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus..
Punishment :: Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..
Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..
Fender :: Fender (v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off har.
Defenser :: Defenser (n.) Defender.
Defensor :: Defensor (n.) A defender.
Clemency :: Clemency (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy..
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