Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A division of a county.

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Spell :: Spell (n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell..
Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection..
Make :: Make (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen..
Steward :: Steward (n.) In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands..
Defence :: Defence (n.) That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection..
Excursion :: Excursion () Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.].
Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Seneschal :: Seneschal (n.) An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise..
Rewardful :: Rewardful (a.) Yielding reward.
Base :: Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc..
Shrewish :: Shrewish (a.) having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
Henceforward :: Henceforward (adv.) From this time forward; henceforth.
Forward :: Forward (a.) Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet..
Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment..
Graduate :: Graduate (n.) To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc..
Line :: Line (n.) A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line..
Churchwardenship :: Churchwardenship (n.) The office of a churchwarden.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward..
Cric :: Cric (n.) The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.
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