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Webster 1913 Edition
Guard
Guard
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Guarded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gurding
.] 1.
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.
For Heaven still
guards
the right. Shakespeare
2.
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
The body of your discourse is sometime
guarded
with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither. Shakespeare
Syn. – To defend; protect; shield; keep; watch.
Guard
(gärd)
, Verb.
I.
To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety;
as, careful persons
. guard
against mistakesGuard
,Noun.
[OF. ]
guarde
, F. garde
; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart
, warto
, one who watches, warta
a watching, Goth. wardja
watchman. See Guard
, Verb.
T.
1.
One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
His greatness was no
guard
to bar heaven’s shaft. Shakespeare
2.
A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
The
guard
which kept the door of the king's house. Kings xiv. 27.
3.
One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
[Eng.]
4.
Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
; as: (a)
That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
(b)
Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
(c)
A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
(d)
A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
(e)
An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.
(f)
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.
(g)
(Bookbinding)
An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
5.
A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
6.
An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
They have expressed themselves with as few
guards
and restrictions as I. Atterbury.
7.
Watch; heed; care; attention;
as, to keep
. guard
8.
(Zool.)
The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.
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Guard
is often used adjectively or in combination; as, guard
boat or guard
boat; guard
room or guard
room; guard
duty.
Syn. – Defense; shield; protection; safeguard; convoy; escort; care; attention; watch; heed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Guard
GUARD
,Verb.
T.
1.
To secure against injury, loss or attack; to protect; to defend; to keep in safety. We guard a city by walls and forts. A harbor is guarded by ships, booms or batteries. Innocence should be guarded by prudence and piety. Let observation and experience guard us against temptations to vice.2.
To secure against objections or the attacks of malevolence. Homer has guarded every circumstance with caution.
3.
To accompany and protect; to accompany for protection; as, to guard a general on a journey; to guard the baggage of an army.4.
To adorn with lists, laces or ornaments.5.
To gird; to fasten by binding.GUARD
,Verb.
I.
GUARD
,Noun.
1.
Defense; preservation or security against injury, loss or attack.2.
That which secures against attack or injury; that which defends. Modesty is the guard of innocence.3.
A man or body of men occupied in preserving a person or place from attack or injury; he or they whose business is to defend, or to prevent attack or surprise. Kings have their guards to secure their persons. Joseph was sold to Potiphar, a captain of Pharaoh's guard.4.
A state of caution or vigilance; or the act of observing what passes in order to prevent surprise or attack; care; attention; watch; heed. Be on your guard. Temerity puts a man off his guard.5.
That which secures against objections or censure; caution of expression. They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I.
6.
Part of the hilt of a sword, which protects the hand.7.
In fencing, a posture of defense.8.
An ornamental lace,hem or boarder.Advanced guard,
Van guard, In military affairs, a body of troops, either horse or foot, that march before an army or division, to prevent surprise, or give notice of danger.
Rear guard, a body of troops that march in the rear of an army or division, for its protection.
Life guard, a body of select troops, whose duty is to defend the person of a prince or other officer.