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Warded
Ward Ward, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.
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Ward Ward, v. i. 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P. Sidney.
Ward
Ward Ward, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.] 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. 2. To defend; to protect. Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.

Meaning of Warded from wikipedia

- A warded lock (also called a ward lock) is a type of lock that uses a set of obstructions, or wards, to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct...
- door will have different wards and can only be opened by the correctly warded key or the master key. A skeleton key has the warded section of the key removed...
- magic Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing Ward (locks), an obstruction preventing the opening of a warded lock The Ward (disambiguation)...
- he decided to paint wards at his flesh and became The Warded Man. Cutter's Hollow After a few years of having been the Warded Man, he finally meets...
- publications including, Ward's AutoWorld, and Ward's Dealer Business. Ward's also publish the annual list of Ward's 10 Best Engines. Ward's AutoWorld is an automobile...
- Monticello were warded locks. The term "warded lock" refers to the lock mechanism, while the term "mortise lock" refers to the bolt location. Warded locks contain...
- imprint in 2008 as The Painted Man and in the US by Del Rey Books as The Warded Man. Peter Brett studied English Literature and Art History at the University...
- governing body, Locksport International. The warded pick, also known as a skeleton key, is used for opening warded locks. It is generally made to conform to...
- The Ward can refer to: Ward (disambiguation) The Ward (film), horror film directed by John Carpenter The Ward (2000 video game), point and click adventure...
- A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares...