Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.

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Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin.
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
Guardant :: Guardant (v. t.) Acting as guardian.
Circumspectness :: Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.
Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..
Round :: Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard..
Guards :: Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, The Household Guards..
Welt :: Welt (n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
President :: President (n.) A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.
Were :: Were (v. t.) To guard; to protect.
Committee :: Committee (v. t.) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian..
Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..
Guard :: Guard (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.
Cordon :: Cordon (n.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing..
Prime :: Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.
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