Part 4244

<h1>Fencible</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"ci*ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the <pluf>pl.</pluf></def>

<h1>Fencing</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"cing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the s,allword. See <er>Fence</er>, <i>v. i.</i>, 2.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The materials used for building fences.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The act of building a fence.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; <as>as, the <ex>fencing</ex> of a farm</as>.</def>

<h1>Fen cricket</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen" crick`et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The mole cricket.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Fend</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fiend.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fend</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fend</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>defend</ets>.]</ety> <def>To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with <i>off</i>; <as>as, to <ex>fend</ex> off blows</as>.</def>

<blockquote>With fern beneath to <b>fend</b> the bitter cold. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To fend off a</col> <col>boat &or; vessel</col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fend</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fend</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.</def>

<blockquote>The dexterous management of terms, and being able to <b>fend</b> . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fender</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fend</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> & <ets>i</ets>., cf. <er>Defender</er>.]</ety> <def>One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.</def>

<h1>Fendliche</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fend"liche</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fiendlike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fenerate</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fen"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>faeneratus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>faenerari</ets> lend on interest, fr. <ets>faenus</ets> interest.]</ety> <def>To put money to usury; to lend on interest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>