Definition of ward

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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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Bias :: Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.
Gin :: Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night..
Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.
Mote :: Mote (n.) A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London..
Post :: Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice..
Premiant :: Premiant (a.) Serving to reward; rewarding.
Objectable :: Objectable (a.) Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..
Provisor :: Provisor (n.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house..
Swart :: Swart (n.) Sward.
Efferent :: Efferent (a.) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc..
Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..
Ascent :: Ascent () The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth..
Hither :: Hither (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither..
Stilt :: Stilt (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm..
Burggrave :: Burggrave (n.) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached..
Scud :: Scud (v. i.) To move swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something..
Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc..
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