Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss.

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Picket :: Picket (n.) A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket..
Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Wardcorps :: Wardcorps (n.) Guardian; one set to watch over another.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..
Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office..
Guardant :: Guardant (v. t.) Same as Gardant.
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Guardianship :: Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch..
Ward :: Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..
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..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..
Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
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..
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder..
Tutorship :: Tutorship (n.) The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage..
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