Fence vs. Defence

A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.

Variant of defense.

An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.

The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.

One who receives and sells stolen goods.

Something used to oppose attacks.

A place where stolen goods are received and sold.

An argument in support or justification of something.

(Archaic) A means of defense; a protection.

A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.

To surround or enclose with a fence or other barrier.

The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.

To separate or keep out by means of a fence or other barrier

Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.

To sell (stolen goods) to a fence.

(obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

To ward off; keep away.

To furnish with defences; to fortify.

To defend.

See Defense.

To practice the art or sport of fencing.

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

To avoid giving direct answers; hedge.

(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring;

To act as a conduit for stolen goods.

The defendant and his legal advisors collectively;

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

An organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack;

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;

(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.

The justification for some act or belief;

Skill in oral debate.

A structure used for defense;

The art or practice of fencing.

A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him;

A guard or guide on machinery.

Military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies;

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

Protection from harm;

A memory barrier.

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

(transitive) To defend or guard.

(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

To engage in the sport of fencing.

To jump over a fence.

(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

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.

A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.

To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

A barrier that serves to enclose an area

A dealer in stolen property

Enclose with a fence;

Receive stolen goods

Fight with fencing swords

Surround with a wall in order to fortify

Have an argument about something