Word Meanings - FENCEMONTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 game, when they should not be killed. -- Rail fence, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts. -- Ring fence, a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. -- Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence. -- To be on the fence, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]

• Cross-staff
  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.
• Respective
  Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
• Close-banded
  Closely united.
• Snake's-head
  The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
• Close-tongued
  Closemouthed; silent.
• Fittable
  Suitable; fit.
• Supportress
  A female supporter.
• Compositous
  Belonging to the Compositae; composite.
• Huntsman
  One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
• Withinforth
  Within; inside; inwardly.
• Covert
  Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
• Killow
  An earth of a blackish or deep blue color.
• CLOSESTOOL
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• Cross-birth
  Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.
• CROSSCROSSLET
  A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.
• Cross-examine
  To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party.
• Opposition
  The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
• CROSSSPRINGER
  One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. Note: [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]

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