Definition of guard

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Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes..

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Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard..
Tutorship :: Tutorship (n.) The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage..
Guardsmen :: Guardsmen (pl. ) of Guardsma.
Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..
Residentiary :: Residentiary (a.) Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian..
Water Pore :: Water pore () One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata..
Hayward :: Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large..
Ware :: Ware (a.) A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware..
Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..
Stacking :: Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..
Ward :: Ward (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1..
Guardian :: Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden..
Pretorian :: Pretorian (n.) A soldier of the pretorian guard.
Doorkeeper :: Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol..
Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded..
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