Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise..

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Line :: Line (n.) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc..
Safeguard :: Safeguard (n.) A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection..
Curatrix :: Curatrix (n.) A woman who is a guardian or custodian.
Tend :: Tend (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks..
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..
Round :: Round (v. i.) To go round, as a guard..
Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
Premunite :: Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To guard; to keep; to protect.
Argus :: Argus (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail..
Blackguardly :: Blackguardly (adv. & a.) In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly.
Insecure :: Insecure (a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.
Blackguardism :: Blackguardism (n.) The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism.
Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
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..
Ward :: Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
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