Definition of ward

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Ward (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1..

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Propel :: Propel (v. t.) To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder..
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary..
Directly :: Directly (adv.) In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means..
Extern :: Extern (a.) External; outward; not inherent.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..
Excurrent :: Excurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube..
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To give a reward to; to bless.
Henceforth :: Henceforth (adv.) From this time forward; henceforward.
Southing :: Southing (n.) Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun..
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out..
Dextrorotatory :: Dextrorotatory (a.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory..
Level :: Level (a.) Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..
Westward :: Westward (n.) The western region or countries; the west.
Wardcorps :: Wardcorps (n.) Guardian; one set to watch over another.
Hydrotropism :: Hydrotropism (n.) A tendency towards moisture.
Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..
Branch :: Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola..
Capriole :: Capriole (v. i.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap..
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