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Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..

Suscipiency :: Susceptor (n.) One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise..

Doublet :: Doublet (a.) One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard..

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..

Coguardian :: Coguardian (n.) A joint guardian.

Baluster :: Baluster (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade..

Fence :: Fence (v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

Splasher :: Splashboard (n.) A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard..

Rereward :: Rereward (n.) The rear guard of an army.

Beware :: Beware (v. i.) To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided.

Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..

Round :: Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard..

Economical :: Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..

Sentry :: Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.

Cerberus :: Cerberus (n.) A monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly..

Guardianless :: Guardianless (a.) Without a guardian.

Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.

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