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A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. Mozley & W. 2. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of

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A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. Mozley & W. 2. A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller. 3. A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York. (more info) of the same origin; cf. LL. parcus, parricus, Ir. & Gael. pairc, W.

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  • FENCE MONTH
    the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
  • FIELD
    The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
  • CIRCLED
    Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
  • FIELDING
    The act of playing as a fielder.
  • LIMITARIAN
    Tending to limit.
  • LIMITIVE
    Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
  • LIMITABLE
    Capable of being limited.
  • FENCER
    One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.
  • CLOSEHANDED
    Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
  • ENCLOSURE
    Inclosure. See Inclosure. Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.
  • FIELDY
    Open, like a field. Wyclif.
  • PROTRACTIVE
    Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
  • CLOSEFISTED
    Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
  • FIELDPIECE
    A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
  • CONDUCTIVITY
    The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces
  • LIMITARY
    1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton. 2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc. "The limitary ocean." Trench. The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world. De Quincey.
  • FENCEFUL
    Affording defense; defensive. Congreve.
  • CIRCLE
    An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane
  • CLOSE
    to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often
  • CLOSEN
    To make close.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • HOMEFIELD
    Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
  • UNLIMITED
    1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
  • DEFENCE
    See DEFENSE
  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
  • INFIELD
    To inclose, as a field.
  • INCLOSER
    One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.

 

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