Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

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Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..
Bosh :: Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part..
Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Mesiad :: Mesiad (adv.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad..
Hospitality :: Hospitality (n.) The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality..
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) The quality or state of being honest; probity; fairness and straightforwardness of conduct, speech, etc.; integrity; sincerity; truthfulness; freedom from fraud or guile..
Ward :: Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Northwestern :: Northwestern (a.) Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course..
Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..
Maladroit :: Maladroit (a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Accord :: Accord (v. t.) To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise..
Simple :: Simple (a.) Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
Danegelt :: Danegelt (n.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm..
Respect :: Respect (v. t.) To look toward; to front upon or toward.
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..
Parry :: Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep..
Press :: Press (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward.
Ward :: Ward (n.) A division of a forest.
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