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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.] To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden. {To fend off a} {boat [or] vessel} (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence. | |
