Ward :: Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc..

Ward :: Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off..

Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Ward-corn :: Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise..

Wardcorps :: Wardcorps (n.) Guardian; one set to watch over another.

Warded :: Warded (imp. & p. p.) of War.

Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.

Warden :: Warden (n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison..

Warden :: Warden (n.) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden..

Warden :: Warden (n.) A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting..

Wardenry :: Wardenry (n.) Alt. of Wardenshi.

Wardenship :: Wardenship (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

Warder :: Warder (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..

Wardian :: Wardian (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman..

Warding :: Warding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of War.

Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..

Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes..

Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration..

Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) A privy.

Wardroom :: Wardroom (n.) A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.

Wardroom :: Wardroom (n.) A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc..

Wardship :: Wardship (n.) The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.

Wardship :: Wardship (n.) The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.

Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.

Wardsmen :: Wardsmen (pl. ) of Wardsma.

Wayward :: Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.

Westward :: Westward (adv.) Alt. of Westward.

Westward :: Westward (a.) Lying toward the west.

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