Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..

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Ascending :: Ascending (a.) Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite..
Reguerdon :: Reguerdon (v. t.) To reward.
Southeast :: Southeast (a.) Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind..
Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..
Lop :: Lop (v. i.) To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
Afflux :: Afflux (n.) A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head..
Inward :: Inward (a.) Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul..
West :: West (n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.
Like :: Like (superl.) Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk..
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Obimbricate :: Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward..
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; as, move on; go on..
Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness..
Sod :: Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward..
Inwards :: Inwards (a.) Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward..
Tomahawk :: Tomahawk (n.) A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
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