rath
adjective
Roget 132:
early,
prime,
forward;
prompt
etc.
(active)
682;
summary.
premature,
precipitate,
precocious;
prevenient†,
anticipatory;
rath†.
sudden
etc.
(instantaneous)
113;
unexpected
etc.
508;
near,
near at hand;
immediate.
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adverb
Roget 132:
early,
soon,
anon,
betimes,
rath†;
eft,
eftsoons;
ere long,
before long,
shortly;
beforehand;
prematurely
etc.
adj.;
precipitately
etc.
(hastily)
684;
too soon;
before its time,
before one's time;
in anticipation;
unexpectedly
etc.
508.
suddenly
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
before one can say 'Jack Robinson',"
at short notice,
extempore;
on the spur of the moment,
on the spur of the occasion
[Bacon];
at once;
on the spot,
on the instant;
at sight;
offhand,
out of hand;
a' vue d'oeil [Fr.];
straight,
straightway,
straightforth†;
forthwith,
incontinently,
summarily,
immediately,
briefly,
shortly,
quickly,
speedily,
apace,
before the ink is dry,
almost immediately,
presently at the first opportunity,
in no long time,
by and by,
in a while,
directly.
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noun
Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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