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fort
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noun
(= garrison)
a fortified military post where troops are stationed
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noun
(= fortress)
a fortified defensive structure
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verb
station (troops) in a fort
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verb
gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
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verb
(= fortify)
enclose by or as if by a fortification
sill
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noun
structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
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noun
(geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock