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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fender, n. [e.m.E. (1615).] A timber protection for a seawall or pier. —1599 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 259.
[The council] ordanis Jhonn Jaksoun to by treis to be fenders of the new work of the shore of Leyth
