Definition of ward

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Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

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Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Useful :: Useful (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard..
Forehearth :: Forehearth (n.) The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
Judge :: Judge (v. t.) To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Yard :: Yard (v. i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship..
Entad :: Entad (adv.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Retrospect :: Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past..
Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
Reentrant :: Reentrant (a.) Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..
Southness :: Southness (n.) A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
Rewarded :: Rewarded (imp. & p. p.) of Rewar.
#NAME? :: -wards () See -ward.
Upbreak :: Upbreak (v. i.) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..
Hobbletehoy :: Hobbletehoy (n.) A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow ..
#NAME? :: -s () An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s..
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