Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..

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Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter..
Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..
Berber :: Berber (n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people..
Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave..
Bank-sided :: Bank-sided (a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided..
Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration..
Reins :: Reins (n. pl.) The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
Projectile :: Projectile (a.) Projecting or impelling forward; as, a projectile force..
Tend :: Tend (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards.
Reguerdon :: Reguerdon (v. t.) To reward.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use..
Superior :: Superior (a.) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
Pixie :: Pixie (n.) A low creeping evergreen plant (Pyxidanthera barbulata), with mosslike leaves and little white blossoms, found in New Jersey and southward, where it flowers in earliest spring..
Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..
Calf :: Calf (n.) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
Down :: Down (adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound..
On-looking :: On-looking (a.) Looking on or forward.
Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant..
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