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Word Meanings - WOODWARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An officer of the forest, whose duty it was to guard the woods.

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  • WHOSESOEVER
    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • 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.
  • FORESTICK
    Front stick of a hearth fire.
  • GUARDIANESS
    A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
  • FOREST
    A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of
  • GUARDIANLESS
    Without a guardian. Marston.
  • GUARDER
    One who guards.
  • GUARDS
    A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
  • FORESTAY
    A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
  • FORESTAGE
    A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king.
  • 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.
  • FORESTER
    A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester , which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. (more info) 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed
  • FORESTALL
    To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention
  • GUARDFISH
    The garfish.
  • GUARDENAGE
    Guardianship. " His tuition and guardenage." Holland.
  • WHOSE
    The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
  • GUARDIANAGE
    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.
  • COAFFOREST
    To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.
  • 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,
  • AFFOREST
    To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
  • 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.

 

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