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.
• 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.,
• GUARDANT
  See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
• 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.