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something that offers protection — especially a defensive wall or embankment, or a sea wall
or (especially in classic literature): the part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck
or (especially in classic literature): the part of a ship's side that is above the upper deck
- That these were the ornament and bulwark of the kingdom, worthy followers of their most renowned ancestors, whose honour had been the reward of their virtue, from which their posterity were never once known to degenerate.Part 2 — A Voyage to Brobdingnag (66% in)
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