Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..

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Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
Keep :: Keep (v. t.) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard..
Guardianage :: Guardianage (n.) Guardianship.
Pad :: Pad (n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..
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..
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder..
Tuition :: Tuition (n.) Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
Premunition :: Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
Enguard :: Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.
Curator :: Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian..
Circumspectness :: Circumspectness (n.) Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.
Axle Guard :: Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England..
Guardianess :: Guardianess (n.) A female guardian.
Guard :: Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like..
Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..
Brequet Chain :: Brequet chain () A watch-guard.
Screamer :: Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta..
Marquis :: Marquis (n.) A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent..
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..
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