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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Guärd, v. t. p. 594To 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…Guärd, v. i. p. 594To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes or against temptations.Guàrd, n. p. 594That which guards or secures from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; as, (a.) A man or body of men stationed to protect a person or position; a watch; a sentinel. “The guard which kept the door of…Guärd'a-ble, a. p. 594Capable of being guarded or protected.Guärd'äge, n. p. 594Wardship. [Obs.] Shak.Guärd'ant, a. p. 594Acting as guardian. [Obs.] Shak. 2. (Her.) Having the face turned toward the spectator.Guārd’ant, n. p. 594A guardian. [Obs.] Shak.Guārd'-bōat, n. p. 594A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to observe that their officers keep a good lookout.Guärd'-chäm/ber, n. p. 594A guard-room.Guärd'ed, a. p. 594Cautious; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions. 2. Framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.Guárd'ed-ly, adv. p. 594In a guarded or cautious manner.Guärd'ed-ness, n. p. 594The state or quality of being guarded.Guärd'en-age, n. p. 594Guardianship. [Obs. and rare.] His younger brother ... had recommended his daughter to his tuition and guardnage. Holland.Guärd'er, n. p. 594One who guards.Guärd'ful, a. p. 594Wary; cautious. [Obs.] A. Hill.Guärd'ful-ly, adv. p. 594In a guardful manner.Guārd'i-an, n. p. 594One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. 2. (Law.) One who has, or is entitled to, the…Guärd'i-an, a. p. 594Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian angel; guardian care.Guärd'i-an-ăge, n. p. 594Guardianship. [Obs.]Guärd'i-ance, n. p. 594Guardianship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Guärd'i-an-ess, n. p. 594A female guardian. Beau. & Fl.Guärd'i-an-less, a. p. 594Without a guardian. A lady, guardianless, Left to the push of all allurement. Marston.Guärd'i-an-shĭp, n. p. 594The office of a guardian; protection; care; watch.Guärd'less, a. p. 594Without a guard or defense.Guärd'-room, n. p. 594A room for the accommodation of guards.Guärd'-shĭp, n. p. 594A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor or river, and also, in the English service, to receive impressed seamen.Guärd'ship, n. p. 594Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.Guâr'ish, v. t. p. 594To heal. [Obs.] She did the best His grievous hurt to guarish. Spencer.Guä'vä, n. p. 594A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two species are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but…Guā-zā'ana, n. p. 594A genus of plants possessing mucilaginous properties.Gū'ber-nance, n. p. 595Government. [Obs.] Strype.Gū'ber-nāte, v. t. p. 595To govern. [Obs.] Cockeram.Gü'ber-nā'tion, n. p. 595The act of governing; government. [Obs.] Watts.Gū'ber-nā'tive, a. p. 595Governing. [Obs.] Chaucer.Gü'ber-na-tō'ri-al, a. p. 595Pertaining to government, or to a governor.Gŭd'geon, n. p. 595A small fresh-water fish (the Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught, and often used for bait. 2. A person easily cheated or insnared. Swift. 3. A bait; allurement. Shak. 4.…Gūd'geon, v. t. p. 595To fraudulently deprive; to cheat. [Rare.] “To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.” W. Scott.Güe, n. p. 595A sharper; a rogue. [Obs.] J. Webster.Guē'ber or Guē'bre, n. p. 595A Gheber. See GHEBER.Guël'der-rōse, n. p. 595(Bot.) A species of Viburnum (V. opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; — called also snowball-tree. London.Guĕlf or Guĕlph, n. p. 595(Hist.) One of a faction in Italy, A. D. 1250–1500, which supported the pope, and opposed the Ghibelines, or faction of the emperor.Guĕr'don, n. p. 595A reward; requital; recompense; — used both in a good and bad sense. So young as to regard men's frown or smile, As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. Formerly pronounced gwer'dun, to a…Guēr'don, v. t. p. 595To give guerdon to; to reward. [Rare.] Him we gave a costly bribe To guerdon silence. Tennyson.Guěr'don-a-ble, a. p. 595Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.Guĕr'don-less, a. p. 595Without reward. [Obs.]Gue-rīl'la, n. p. 595See GUERRILLA.Guēr'ite, n. p. 595(Fort.) A projecting sentry-box of masonry at the salient angles of works on the top of the revetment. Eng. Cyc.Guer-rī'lā, n. p. 595An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war. 2. One who carries on, or assists in carrying on…Guer-rĭl'la, a. p. 595Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party.Guěr-rīl-lē'ro, n. p. 595An irregular soldier; a member of a guerrilla band or party; a partisan.Guĕss, v. t. p. 595To form an opinion concerning without certain principles or means of knowledge; to judge of at random. First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess. Pope. 2. To judge or form an opinion of, from…Guĕss, v. i. p. 595To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture;— with of, at, about, &c. This is the place, as well as I can guess. Milton.Guĕss, n. p. 595Judgment without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; conjecture. A poet must confess His art's like physic—but a happy guess. Dryden.Guĕss, n. p. 595A guest. [Obs.] J. Webster.Guēss'a-ble, a. p. 595Capable of being guessed or imagined. Carlyle.Guĕss'er, n. p. 595One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without certain means of knowing.Guess'ing-ly, adv. p. 595In a guessing manner; by way of conjecture. Shak.Guĕss'ive, a. p. 595Determined by guesses; conjectural. [Obs. and rare.] Feltham.Guĕss'-rōpe, n. p. 595See GUEST-ROPE.Guēss'-work, n. p. 595Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture.