Fence

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• Fence

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to fence

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

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• on the fence

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• fence

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Flower-fence

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• basket-fence

  n. Local name for a stake-hedge. See quotation. 1872. G. S. Baden-Powell, `New Homes for the Old C...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cockatoo fence

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

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• fence-riding

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• worm-fence

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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

• crooked as a virginia fence

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.