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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Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Security :: Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
Camail :: Camail (n.) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder..
Housecarl :: Housecarl (n.) A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute..
Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round..
Woodward :: Woodward (n.) An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods..
Guard :: Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..
Underbear :: Underbear (v. t.) To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard..
Watchful :: Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.
Ward :: Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..
Guarded :: Guarded (a.) Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded..
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