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fence

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In mathematics , a fence , also called a zigzag poset , is a partially ordered set in which the order relations form a path with alternating orientations: a < b > c < d > e < f > h < i ... or a > b < c > d < e > f < h > i ... A fence may be finite , or ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fence \Fence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fenced (f[e^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fencing (f[e^]n"s[i^]ng).] To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. To fence my ear against thy sorceries. --Milton. To inclose with a fence or other protection; ...

Usage examples of fence.

Not knowing exactly what excuse to make, but hoping for something to turn up, the mullah took a lantern and followed him out, taking the lead as they passed through the gap in the fence and drew abreast of the mosque portico.

Harsh, blinding, actinic, the lights sparked on before they reached the fence.

If the article is advertised, and a reward sufficiently in excess of what he paid for it is offered, the Fence frequently returns it to its rightful owner, upon condition that no questions shall be asked, and claims the reward.

Pewts father and Nat Weeks had gone to bed agen we clim over the fence esy and went of up towards Gilmans barn.

To steel his body with the fluid motions and speed of aikido, he also took up boxing and fencing and rounded things out with acrobatics.

Beyond the fence, the lawn was overgrown with weeds and ancient ailanthus bushes.

Also we of the Amapakati, the council, were there, and ranged round the fence of the space, armed with short sticks only--not with kerries, my father--was that regiment of young men which Dingaan had not sent away, the captain of the regiment being stationed near to the king, on the right.

Because of peole dropping bowling balls onto freeways, we have fences anclosing highway overpasses.

She caught a glimpse of the Roman aqueduct and the massive ramparts of the Crusader City, and then she was following the old coastal road past the Dan Caesarea Hotel with its 18-hole golf course secured behind a perimeter of high fence and concertina barbed wire.

She deliberately turned and walked toward the grape arbour, while he sprang over the west fence and ran to the car.

The Archdeacon, practised on his feet in many fencing bouts, flew out of the door and down the drive, and Gregory and the Colonel both lost breath--the first yelling for Ludding, the second shouting after the priest.

Macao was astir with the progress of the pits being prepared at Chuenpi and the enormous stores of confiscated opium being piled behind bamboo fences that sealed off the area.

They had sent him back to Auk House, not back to the grassy compound that lay inside the fence in that other world where the Cretaceous had not ended.

But then the great tongue came forward, warm and rough, driving him against the baleen plates -- it was like being smashed into a wrought-iron fence by a wet Nerf Volkswagen.

Weldy As foreman, found me guilty in ten minutes And two ballots on a case like this: Richard Bandle and I had trouble over a fence And my wife and Mrs.