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To care of oneself; to responsibility for one's own well-being.
1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, ''Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act'',http://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8gAAAAMAAJ U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,

Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can.

Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.

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To defend, to care of ((non-gloss)); to block or push away ((non-gloss)).
(RQ:Dryden Georgics)
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Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
Possibly from a tentative root (inh) whence also (cog), (cog).(R:sq:Orel:1998)
A connection with (cog)(R:sq:Meyer:1891) is not enough substantiated.
Alternatively analysable as a (bf), which may be borrowed from (bor), also attested dialectally meaning (m-g), compare (cog), (m).
to fart, wind silently

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