Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

Aguardiente :: Aguardiente (n.) A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.

Aguardiente :: Aguardiente (n.) A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque..

Avant-guard :: Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.

Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..

Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..

Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the black guard; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army..

Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively..

Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough..

Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin.

Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

Blackguard :: Blackguard (a.) Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language..

Blackguarded :: Blackguarded (imp. & p. p.) of Blackguar.

Blackguarding :: Blackguarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackguar.

Blackguardism :: Blackguardism (n.) The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.

Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.

Bodyguard :: Bodyguard (n.) A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

Bodyguard :: Bodyguard (n.) Retinue; attendance; following.

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle.

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..

Coguardian :: Coguardian (n.) A joint guardian.

Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..

Enguard :: Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.

Esguard :: Esguard (n.) Guard.

Foot Guards :: Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.

Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..

Guard :: Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like..

Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc..

Guard :: Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.

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