fence

  • 51fence — n Dealer in stolen goods. Rocky couldn t find a fence to buy Elvis s underwear after he stole it. 1700s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 52fence — vb, n (to act as) a receiver of or dealer in sto len goods. The word was generally con sidered slang until the 1960s; there being no equivalent shorter than the definition above. Fence is now a univer sally understood term. It is at least 350… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 53fence — A stationary wall like plate on the upper surface of a wing, extending chordwise or substantially parallel to the airstream. Fences generally extend from one third up to one half of the wing chord and are located outward about two thirds of the… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 54fence — I. n. 1. Protecting enclosure, wall, hedge, post and rail framing, wire guard, palings, etc. (as the case may be). 2. Shield, guard, security, protection, defence. 3. Fencing, art of self defence, swordsmanship, sword play. 4. Defensive argument …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 55fence — n 1. railing, rail, paling, boarding, balustrade, palisade, Fort. stockade; enclosure, confine, boundary, periphery, border, margin; barrier, barricade, wall, circumvallation; hedge, hedgerow. 2. fencing, swordplay, swordsmanship. 3. on the fence …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 56fence — tvora statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Statinių, jų kompleksų, žemės sklypų, kiemų ir kt. plotų medinis, metalinis, mūrinis, gelžbetoninis ar kt. aptvaras. atitikmenys: angl. fence; fencing; hurdle vok. Einzäunung, f; Gehege …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 57fence — užtvaras statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Aptverta teritorija (sodas, sodyba, ganykla). atitikmenys: angl. barrier; fence; fencing; obstruction vok. Gehege, n rus. заграда, f; задержание, n …

    Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 58fence — see good fences make good neighbours the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 59Fence month — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60Fence roof — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English