单词 | fend-off |
释义 | fend-offn. The action of fending off; hence concrete something that fends off. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > warding off harm repulse1590 parry1655 parrying1672 fend-off1830 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > ward off harm fend-off1830 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > ward off harm withhold13.. defendc1330 to bear offc1380 withstand1398 shielda1400 repela1450 to keep off1548 repulse1560 warda1586 fence1589 shelter1621 ward1759 fend-off1830 to fend back1877 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > placed or kept at a distance > something that fends off fend-off1880 1830 Examiner 177/2 A Committee..is the fend-off to importunity, and the contrivance for obtaining time. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Fend off post, a post set in the ground to protect an object from injury by carts, etc., coming in contact with it. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Fend off bob, a beam hinged at one end and having a free reciprocating motion fixed at a bend in a shaft..to guide the pump rods passing round the bend. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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