Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.

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Premunition :: Premunition (n.) The act of fortifying or guarding against objections.
Tutelage :: Tutelage (n.) The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Defensor :: Defensor (n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
Flank :: Flank (v. t.) To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard..
Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Avant-guard :: Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard.
Man :: Man (v. t.) To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort..
Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded..
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Proostracum :: Proostracum (n.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.
Outguard :: Outguard (n.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended..
Castleward :: Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
Watchhouse :: Watchhouse (n.) A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..
Fence :: Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc..
Warder :: Warder (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
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