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Word Meanings - PRESIDIARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A guard. "Heavenly presidiaries." Bp. Hall.

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  • GUARDANT
    See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
  • GUARDIAN
    One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
  • GUARDIANSHIP
    The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
  • GUARDIANESS
    A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
  • GUARDIANLESS
    Without a guardian. Marston.
  • GUARDER
    One who guards.
  • GUARDS
    A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
  • GUARDHOUSE
    A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
  • GUARDED
    Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n.
  • HEAVENLY
    1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv.
  • GUARDFISH
    The garfish.
  • GUARDENAGE
    Guardianship. " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.
  • GUARDIANAGE
    Guardianship.
  • GUARDAGE
    Wardship Shak.
  • GUARDFUL
    Cautions; wary; watchful. -- Guard"ful*ly, adv.
  • GUARD
    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; toaccompany for protection; to vare for. For Heaven still guards the
  • GUARDABLE
    Capable of being guarded or protected.
  • GUARDROOM
    The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
  • GUARDSMAN
    1. One who guards; a guard. 2. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.
  • GUARDIANCE
    Guardianship.
  • COUNTERGUARD
    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.
  • COGUARDIAN
    A joint guardian.
  • VANGUARD
    The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van. (more info) avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard,
  • AXLE GUARD
    The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.
  • SAFEGUARD
    1. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection. Shak. Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne. Granwille. 2. A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property. 3. A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak.
  • STACK-GUARD
    A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.
  • AFTERGUARD
    The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.
  • ENGUARD
    To surround as with a guard. Shak.
  • REGUARDANT
    See REGARDANT

 

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