Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard..

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Intro- :: Intro- () A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic..
Inconvenience :: Inconvenience (n.) The quality or condition of being inconvenient; want of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of the arrangement..
Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.
Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
Polemarch :: Polemarch (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer..
Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.
Fastigiated :: Fastigiated (a.) Narrowing towards the top.
Front :: Front (v. t.) To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street..
Froward :: Froward (a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward child..
Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..
Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)..
Topple :: Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Comprador :: Comprador (n.) A kind of steward or agent.
Flaring :: Flaring (a.) Opening or speading outwards.
Earliness :: Earliness (n.) The state of being early or forward; promptness.
Steward :: Steward (n.) A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church..
Eastern :: Eastern (a.) Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage..
Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..
Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion..
After :: After (a.) To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway..
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