Definition of ward

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

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Uprush :: Uprush (v. i.) To rush upward.
Tapering :: Tapering (a.) Becoming gradually smaller toward one end.
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
#NAME? :: -wards () See -ward.
Redan :: Redan (n.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
Outermost :: Outermost (a.) Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row..
Enpatron :: Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
Polewards :: Polewards (adv.) Toward a pole of the earth.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Hitherward :: Hitherward (adv.) Toward this place; hither.
Trainband :: Trainband (n.) A band or company of an organized military force instituted by James I. and dissolved by Charles II.; -- afterwards applied to the London militia.
Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) That which is prominently brought forward or exhibited; hence, an equipage; as, a man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein..
Thereafter :: Thereafter (adv.) After that; afterward.
Heighten :: Heighten (v. t.) To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint..
Toward :: Toward (prep.) Alt. of Toward.
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Propulsion :: Propulsion (n.) The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion..
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