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Gate

Gate	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.
Gate	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.
Gate	n.	A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc.
Gate	n.	The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might.
Gate	n.	In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
Gate	n.	The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
Gate	n.	The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
Gate	v. t.	To supply with a gate.
Gate	v. t.	To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
Gate	n.	A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
Gate	n.	Manner; gait.
Gated	a.	Having gates.
Gatehouse	n.	A house connected or associated with a gate.
Gateless	a.	Having no gate.
Gateman	n.	A gate keeper; a gate tender.
Gatepost	n.	A post to which a gate is hung; called also swinging / hinging post.
Gatepost	n.	A post against which a gate closes; called also shutting post.
Gateway	n.	A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense.
Gatewise	adv.	In the manner of a gate.

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