Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slit; specifically, a short slit or opening left in an article of dress, as in the sleeve of a shirt, at the top of the skirt in a dress, etc., as a means of putting it on; a placket or placket-hole.
- noun A crack; a flaw.
- noun A remnant, as of cotton; an odd piece; specifically, imperfectly printed or imperfectly dyed ends of cotton and other cloths, which are sold for patchwork and similar purposes.
- noun The binding of any part of the dress.
- To bind (cloth).
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Examples
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Th 'e Kine But by Mr. juftice Page: This is a judgment, the other is no more againft Cot - than a charge •, it would not be neceffary in cares of removal, to give no - "■ « tice to the parifti to whom the pauper is fent, which is never done.
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He anat fent fotos de tot el procés, i que completaré fins el divendres, quan espero tenir-ho tot llest.
Nou projecte: reclassificació de la Biblioteca de la UOC a Tortosa | [bauen] 2009
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Però us deixo les fotos que he anat fent aquests dies.
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És el que estem fent ara: ens ha fallat el primer ponent de la tarda, i ens hem empescat una petita ronda de presentacions de les entitats que hem organitzat tota aquesta gran festa.
Liveblogging (6): Jornades àtic2a 2009, qüestions del directe | [bauen] 2009
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Wendee, Reading your note for the 13th, I had to snicker about the fence 'thingie'... once I heard a comedian wonder the same thing, since the word fence sounds plural, he came up with the singular 'fent'. lol Not sure what other word there is, slat, perhaps?
hurricane anniversary, love, and disrespect WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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A flash of that image will come into my head and I will be fent into fits of laughter.
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When a pt came in allergic to morphine he gave remi-fent.
When Will They Ever Learn? 1 Dinosaur 2008
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A fent thief, or perhaps a fent damaged in Hurricane Ike.
Obama negotiations with Iraq. Ann Althouse 2008
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Hi Katy , ive really fallen off the no fabric wagon ... ive been to the fent shop today and then tonight ive won some more spotty fabric on ebay !
Starting as I mean to go on.... Katy 2008
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October 5, 2008 at 12:01 pm more den one fent is fents.
Iz onna fence - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
qroqqa commented on the word fent
God
Opens each fent, scent, memory, aftermath
In the sky and the sod.
—Lawrence Durrell, 'Carol on Corfu'
March 17, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word fent
"What is this picture but a fragment?
Is it linen—papyrus—who can say?
All those stains and fents and stretched bits, but
she was a character, even a beauty, you can see that
from the set of her head and the rakish snood
her tight black curls are fighting to escape from."
"The Sandal" by Edwin Morgan, quoted in Artful by Ali Smith, pp 25-26
August 2, 2013
qms commented on the word fent
My jacket I know has a vent
But too little time have I spent
In learning the lesson
Of clothes that I dress in
To praise the ubiquitous fent.
April 3, 2017