Enclose+with+a+fence

  • 71impale — /ɪmˈpeɪl / (say im payl) verb (t) (impaled, impaling) 1. to fix upon a sharpened stake or the like. 2. to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment. 3. to fix upon, or pierce through with, anything… …

  • 72hedge — hedgeless, adj. /hej/, n., v., hedged, hedging. n. 1. a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, esp. when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges. 2. any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones. 3. an… …

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  • 73hedge — /hɛdʒ / (say hej) noun 1. a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary. 2. any barrier or boundary. 3. an act or a means of hedging a bet or the like. 4. an investment, fiscal policy, etc.,… …

  • 74im|pal´er — im|pale «ihm PAYL», transitive verb, paled, pal|ing. 1. to pierce through with anything pointed; fasten upon anything pointed: »The butterflies were impaled on small pins stuck in a sheet of cork. SYNONYM(S): transfix. 2. to torture or punish by… …

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  • 75im|pale — «ihm PAYL», transitive verb, paled, pal|ing. 1. to pierce through with anything pointed; fasten upon anything pointed: »The butterflies were impaled on small pins stuck in a sheet of cork. SYNONYM(S): transfix. 2. to torture or punish by… …

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  • 76impale — v. a. 1. Thrust upon a stake, kill by impaling. 2. Fence, surround with palings, enclose with palisades …

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  • 77hedge — [[t]hɛdʒ[/t]] n. v. hedged, hedg•ing 1) bot a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, esp. when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow 2) any barrier or boundary 3) an act or means of hedging: to buy gold as a hedge against… …

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  • 78rail — Ⅰ. rail [1] ► NOUN 1) a bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on. 2) a steel bar or continuous line of bars laid on the ground as one of a… …

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  • 79mound — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a raised mass of earth, stones, or other compacted material. 2 a heap or pile. 3 a hillock. v.tr. 1 heap up in a mound or mounds. 2 enclose with mounds. Etymology: 16th c. (orig. = hedge or fence): orig. unkn. 2. n. Heraldry a… …

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  • 80JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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