What is to fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. To fence my ear against thy sorceries. Milton called?
fence — To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard. To fence my ear against thy sorceries. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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