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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Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.
Guards :: Guards (n. pl.) A body of picked troops; as, The Household Guards..
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
Conservation :: Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation..
Defensive :: Defensive (n.) That which defends; a safeguard.
Defence :: Defence (n.) That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection..
Blackguarding :: Blackguarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackguar.
Watch :: Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
Defensor :: Defensor (n.) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.
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..
Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Rearward :: Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Doorkeeper :: Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Presidio :: Presidio (n.) A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Command :: Command (v. t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
Guardsmen :: Guardsmen (pl. ) of Guardsma.
Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
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