gate

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To TAK THE GATE, v. n. to go off on a journey.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

BENEVOLENCES, taxes illegally AIGRE, sour, ill-natured. exacted by the Kings of AIN GATE, own way.

From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir

GATE, an opening into any enclosure for entrance or exit, capable of being closed by a barrier at will.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

I subjoin extracts from a letter written to me on the subject of the present narrative: "WELLESLEY HOUSE, QUEEN'S GATE, W. "

From Archibald Malmaison by Hawthorne, Julian