Fender: alternatives and connections

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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(Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.

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Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.

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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

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One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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