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- English Word Ward Definition A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
- English Word Ward Definition To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
- English Word Ward Definition To defend; to protect.
- English Word Ward Definition To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
- English Word Ward Definition To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
- English Word Ward Definition To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- English Word Ward Definition To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- English Word Ward-corn Definition The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.
- English Word Wardcorps Definition Guardian; one set to watch over another.
- English Word Warded Definition of Ward
- English Word Warden Definition A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
- English Word Warden Definition An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
- English Word Warden Definition A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
- English Word Warden Definition A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
- English Word Wardenry Definition Alt. of Wardenship
- English Word Wardenship Definition The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
- English Word Warder Definition One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
- English Word Warder Definition A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
- English Word Wardian Definition Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
- English Word Warding Definition of Ward
- English Word Wardmote Definition Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.
- English Word Wardrobe Definition A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.
- English Word Wardrobe Definition Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.
- English Word Wardrobe Definition A privy.
- English Word Wardroom Definition A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom.
- English Word Wardroom Definition A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc.
- English Word Wardship Definition The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
- English Word Wardship Definition The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
- English Word Wardsman Definition A man who keeps ward; a guard.
- English Word Wardsmen Definition of Wardsman