Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger..

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Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
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..
Tutrix :: Tutrix (n.) A female guardian; a tutoress.
Paraph :: Paraph (n.) A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery..
Guardsmen :: Guardsmen (pl. ) of Guardsma.
Presidary :: Presidary (n.) A guard.
Ward :: Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded..
Ware :: Ware (a.) A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware..
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..
Enguard :: Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.
Guardiance :: Guardiance (n.) Guardianship.
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
Outsentry :: Outsentry (n.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.
Palladium :: Palladium (n.) Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights..
Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively..
Fenceless :: Fenceless (a.) Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Guard; watch.
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