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Ate (2)
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To supply with a gate.
(2):
(n.) Manner; gait.
(3):
(n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed.
(4):
(n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
(5):
(n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit.
(6):
(n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
(7):
(n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
(8):
(v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
(9):
(n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
(10):
(n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
(11):
(n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ate (2)'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/ate-2.html. 1828.
