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"Section F, G and H"

Bacon.


4. To reduce; to throw.


The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man
to the ground.
South.


5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to
make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a
compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.


I'll fetch a turn about the
garden.
Shak.


He fetches his blow quick and
sure.
South.


6. To bring or get within reach by going; to
reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.


Meantine flew our ships, and straight we
fetched

The siren's isle.
Chapman.


7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular
state.


They could n't fetch the butter in the
churn.
W. Barnes.


To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a
sircuit; to take a circuitious route going to a place.
--
To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by
pouring water into the top and working the handle.


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