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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr & vb n.
{Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr defend.]
To keep off to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward
off to shut out -- often with off as to fend off blows.
With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.
{To fend off a} {boat or vessel} (Naut.), to prevent its
running against anything with too much violence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, n.
A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, v. i.
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to
parry; to shift off
The dexterous management of terms, and being able to
fend . . . with them passes for a great part of
learning. --Locke.
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