2. Verb. (third-person singular of bulwark) ¹
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Definition of Bulwarks
1. bulwark [v] - See also: bulwark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulwarks
Literary usage of Bulwarks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... adding to its internal comfort and beauty, he was careful to strengthen its
bulwarks, especially towards the west. The work was probably hurried on, ..."
2. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Start ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces ; that ye may tell it to the
generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever ; he in/Z be ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(iv) bulwarks of personal rights.—In the three preceding articles we have taken
a short view of the principal absolute rights which appertain to every ..."
4. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix by Thomas Robinson (1822)
"Custom of Kent to raise bulwarks in ... of Kent to come on the land adjoining to
the coasts, and there to raise bulwarks for the defence of the country. ..."
5. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1823)
"... who, if their possessions be not separated by extensive countries, or at least
rivers and bulwarks, are perpetually at variance about them. ..."
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