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·noun A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. II. Fence ·noun A projection ...

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Fence
(Heb. gader), Num. 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of unmortared stones, to protect gardens,...

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to fence
To pawn or sell to a receiver of stolen goods. The kiddey fenced his thimble for three quids; the yo...

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on the fence
In politics, to be on the fence, is to be neutral, or to be ready to join the strongest party, whene...

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fence
A palisade. Also, the arm of the hammer-spring of a gun-lock. ...

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Basket
·vt To put into a basket. II. Basket ·noun The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. III. Basket...

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Basket
There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: 1) A basket (Heb. sal,...

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basket
An exclamation frequently made use of in cock-pits, at cock-fightings, where persons refusing or una...

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basket
In field-works, baskets or corbeilles are used, to be filled with earth, and placed by one another, ...

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Basket
The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal, so called from the...

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Flower-fence
·noun A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and ...

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cockatoo fence
n. fence erected by smallfarmers. 1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xxii. p. 155: «...

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fence-riding
Sitting on the fence, i. e. keeping neutral in politics. The South will not vote for a Northern can...

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worm-fence
A rail fence laid up in a zig-zag manner. Mr. Haskell, one of the delegates from Tennessee, told a ...

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Basket ball
·add. ·- A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to ...

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Buck-basket
·noun A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. ...

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Basket Makers
In 3 Ed. IV. they were allowed to have shops only in the Manor of Blanch Appleton (S. 151). The 52n...

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basket-making
The good old trade of basket-making; copulation, or making feet for children's stockings. ...

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bawdy basket
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live...

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bread basket
The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow i...

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pin basket
The youngest child. ...

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ballast-basket
Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...

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basket-fish
A name for several species of Euryale; a kind of star-fish, the arms of which divide and subdivide m...

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basket-hilt
The guard continued up the hilt of a cutlass, so as to protect the whole hand from injury. ...

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dead-wood fence
n. The Australian fence, socalled, is very different from the fence of the same name inEngland. It ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...

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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger. ...

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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...

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