See Also: FENCE(law)
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flower-fence(medicine)
fence month(medicine)

fence(2) (iou)



fence verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
a. verb trans. Protect, shield, screen, (from, against); fortify, surround (as) with a fence (foll. by about, in, round, up); keep off with a fence. LME.
E. Birney Lieutenant Smith began to write rapidly, his arm fencing the paper from Turvey's gaze. R. C. Hutchinson The houses were formidably fenced off with barbed wire.
b. verb trans. Repel, keep out or off. arch. L16.
Sir W. Scott A cup of sack shall fence the cold.
c. verb intrans. Provide defence or protection against. L17-M18.
verb trans. Scots Law. Open the proceedings of (a court of law, Hist. the Parliament) by the use of a form of words forbidding the unnecessary interruption or obstruction of the proceedings. LME.
verb intrans. Practise the art or sport of fencing. L16.
J. D. Watson Afternoons were spent at a gymnasium learning how to fence.
b. Engage in skilful argument; parry, evade answering (a question). (Foll. by with.) M17.
B. Unsworth In all our conversations I was fencing with him, scoring off him all the time.
verb trans. & intrans. Deal in (stolen goods). E17.
verb intrans. Of a horse etc.: jump fences. L19.