Definition of ward

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

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Incurvity :: Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.
Eridanus :: Eridanus (n.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar..
Reentrant :: Reentrant (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle..
Westward :: Westward (n.) The western region or countries; the west.
Gather :: Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
Cabbiri :: Cabbiri (n. pl.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals..
Southeaster :: Southeaster (adv.) Toward the southeast.
Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..
Pitch :: Pitch (v. i.) To plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east..
Toward :: Toward (prep.) Ready to act; forward; bold; valiant.
Forecastle :: Forecastle (n.) That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels..
Promove :: Promove (v. t.) To move forward; to advance; to promote.
Spectant :: Spectant (a.) Looking forward.
Endosmosis :: Endosmosis (n.) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose..
Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Norman :: Norman (n.) A native or inhabitant of Normandy; originally, one of the Northmen or Scandinavians who conquered Normandy in the 10th century; afterwards, one of the mixed (Norman-French) race which conquered England, under William the Conqueror..
Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
Eastwards :: Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York..
Forwardly :: Forwardly (adv.) Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively.
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