Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection..

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Thitherward :: Thitherward (adv.) To ward that place; in that direction.
Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..
Homewards :: Homewards (adv.) Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country..
Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward or southward motion..
Parry :: Parry (v. i.) To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc..
Sneak :: Sneak (v. t.) To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city..
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact..
Forwarding :: Forwarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forwar.
Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister..
High-reaching :: High-reaching (a.) Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring..
Bunglingly :: Bunglingly (adv.) Clumsily; awkwardly.
Friborgh :: Friborgh (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
Efferent :: Efferent (a.) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent..
South :: South (adv.) Toward the south; southward.
Ward :: Ward (n.) A division of a county.
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.
Esplanade :: Esplanade (n.) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country..
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