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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.
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            With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.
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      To fend off a boat or To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to
         prevent its running against anything with too much
         violence.
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