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Look up: fence

  1. fence
    1. A sequence of one or more distinguished (out-of-band) characters (or other data items), used to delimit a piece of data intended to be treated as a unit (the computer-science literature calls this a 'sentinel'). The NUL (ASCII 0000000) character that terminates strings in C is a fence. Hex FF i...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/fence

  2. fence
    someone with worldwide outlets to liquidate swag.
    Found on http://www.uta.fi/FAST/GC/mobspeak.html

  3. fence
    [n] - (informal) a dealer in stolen property 2. [n] - a barrier that serves to enclose an area 3. [v] - receive stolen goods 4. [v] - enclose with a fence 5. [v] - fight with fencing swords
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Fence
    see:... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/fence.htm?id=2229&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of fence'>more</a>
    Found on http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/ho

  5. fence
    a hearing threshold level above which degrees of hearing handicap(or disability)are deemed to exist Category: Medicine • general term for any simple net when it is held in fishing trim by anchors,sinkers and/or stakes Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing indust...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Fence
    An adjustable guide to keep the cutting edge of a tool a set distance from the edge of a workpiece.
    Found on http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DI

  7. Fence
    Fence noun [ Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. « Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable.» Sh...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/18

  8. Fence
    Fence transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fenced ; present participle & verbal noun Fencing .] 1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. « To fence my ear agains...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/18

  9. Fence
    Fence intransitive verb 1. To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence. « Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first p...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/18

  10. fence
    1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. 'To fence my ear against thy sorceries.' (Milton) ... 2. To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure. 'O thou wall! . . . Dive in the earth, And fence not Athens.' (Shak) 'A sheepcote fenced about with ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. fence
    fencing noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. fence
    noun a dealer in stolen property
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. fence
    fence in verb enclose with a fence; `we fenced in our yard`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. fence
    verb receive stolen goods
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. Fence
    • (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing. • (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intende...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. fence
    (from the article `Moll Cutpurse`) most notorious female member of 17th-century England`s underworld, a friend of highwaymen and a receiver of stolen goods.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/16

  17. fence
    barrier erected to confine or exclude people or animals, to define boundaries, or to decorate. Timber, earth, stone, and metal are widely used for ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/16

  18. Fence
    Fence is slang for a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  19. Fence
    Fence is slang for a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. fence
    • a barrier that serves to enclose an area
    • (informal) a dealer in stolen property

    Found on

  21. fence
    fence [short for defense], humanly erected barrier between two divisions of land, used to mark a legal or other boundary, to keep animals or people in or out, and sometimes as an ornament. In newly settled lands fences are usually made of materials at hand, e.g., stone, earth, or wood. A fence built...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  22. Fence
    Fences are continuous lines of obstacles artificially interposed between one portion of the surface of the land and another for the purpose of separation or exclusion. Live fences are made of hawthorn, holly, box, beech, etc; dead fences of stone, wood, and in more recent times of iron or wire. In a...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Fence
    Boundary separating hostile and friendly area.
    Found on http://www.f-16.net/glossary-F.html

  24. Fence
    The inside fence is the inside running rail around the race track, while the outside fence is the outside running rail.
    Found on http://www.ildado.com/horse_racing_gloss

  25. Fence
    to open the proceedings of a court or parliament with a formula forbidding disorderly interruption or obstructive behaviour
    Found on http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_w



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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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