Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard..

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Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..
Procacious :: Procacious (a.) Pert; petulant; forward; saucy.
Devexity :: Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.
Outslide :: Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding..
Restive :: Restive (a.) Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk..
Affluence :: Affluence (n.) A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.
Mesiad :: Mesiad (adv.) Toward, or on the side toward, the mesial plane; mesially; -- opposed to laterad..
Abaft :: Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse..
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
South :: South (a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole..
Laterad :: Laterad (adv.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
Neodamode :: Neodamode (n.) In ancient Sparta, one of those Helots who were freed by the state in reward for military service..
Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..
Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter..
Claret :: Claret (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States..
Jury :: "Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize..
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
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