Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.

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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..
Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.
Guardsman :: Guardsman (n.) One who guards; a guard.
Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection..
Advance :: Advance (a.) Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication..
Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
Varangian :: Varangian (n.) One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople..
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..
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..
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..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (v. t.) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard..
Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Ware :: Ware (v. t.) To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Beefeater :: Beefeater (n.) One of the yeomen of the guard, in England..
Strelitzia :: Strelitz (n. sing. & pl.) A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the guard itself..
Unguard :: Unguard (v. t.) To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected.
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
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