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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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Ward p. 1491An affix used in the composition of a large class of words, and denoting direction or tendency to, motion toward, and the like; as, in upward.Ward, v. t. p. 1491To keep in safety; to watch; to guard. Whose gates be 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…Ward, v. i. p. 1491To be vigilant; to keep guard. [Obs.] 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. She drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. Sidney.Ward, n. p. 1491The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. Spenser. This word was formerly used in distinction from watch, to denote a guarding or watching…Ward'-côrn, n. p. 1491(O. Eng. Law.) The duty of keeping watch and ward, with a horn to blow upon any occasion of surprise. Burrill.Ward'en, n. p. 1491A keeper; a guardian. He called to the wardens on the outside battlements. W. Scott. 2. An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of the Fleet or Fleet prison. 3. A large, hard pear…Ward'en-ry or Ward'en-ship, n. p. 1491The office or jurisdiction of a warden.Ward'er, n. p. 1491One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. “The warders of the gate.” Dryden. 2. A truncheon or staff of command carried by a king or any commander-in-chief, the throwing down of which seems to have…Ward'i-an, a. p. 1491Pertaining to, or characterized as, a glass inclosure for keeping ferns, or for transporting growing plants from a distance;—so named from the inventor. [Eng.] Simmonds.Ward'-mōte, n. p. 1491A meeting of the ward; also, a court of the ward, whose province it is to present defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. [London, Eng.] P. Cyc. Brande.Ward'-pĕn'ny, n. p. 1491(O. Eng. Law.) Money paid to the sheriff or castellans for the duty of watching and warding a castle. Burrill.Ward'rōbe, n. p. 1491A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes. 2. Wearing apparel in general; articles of dress or decoration. Or frost to flowers…Ward'room, n. p. 1492(Naut.) A room occupied as a mess-room by the commissioned officers of a war-vessel. Totten.Ward'ship, n. p. 1492The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone. 2. The state of being under a guardian…Wards'man, n. p. 1492A man who keeps watch or ward; a guard. [Rare.] Sydney Smith.Ward'-staff, n. p. 1492A constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.] Cowell.Wâre, imp. p. 1492of wear. Wore. [Obs.] See WEAR.Ware, a. p. 1492Aware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. [Obs.] See BEWARE. The only good that grows of passed fear Is to be wise, and ware of like again. Spenser. He is ware enough; he is willy…Wâre, v. t. p. 1492To take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. [Obs.] Then ware a rising tempest on the main. Dryden.Wâre, n. p. 1492The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Wâre, v. t. p. 1492(Naut.) To wear; to veer. See WEAR.Wâre, n. p. 1492Article of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; fabric; style or class of manufactures; especially, in the plural, goods; commodities; merchandise. “Retails his wares at…Sea-ware p. 1492a marine plant, a species of Fucus.Wâre'ful, a. p. 1492Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.] “The wareful and penurious disposition.” Graham.Wâre'ful-ness, n. p. 1492Wariness; cautiousness. [Obs.] “Full of warefulness.” Sidney.Wâre′house, n. p. 1492A storehouse for goods. Addison.Wâre'house, v. t. p. 1492To deposit or secure in a warehouse. 2. To place in the warehouse of the government or custom-house stores, to be kept until duties are paid.Wâre/house-man, n. p. 1492One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock-warehouse or wharf-store. 2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] Simmonds.Wâre'-hous-ing, n. p. 1492The act of placing goods in a warehouse, or in a custom-house store. Warehousing system, an arrangement for lodging imported articles in the custom-house stores, without payment of duties, until they…Wāre'less, a. p. 1492Unwary; incautious; unheeding; careless; unaware. [Obs.] And wareless of the evil That by themselves unto themselves is wrought. Spenser.Wâre'ly, adv. p. 1492Cautiously; warily. [Obs.] They bound him hand and foot with iron chain, And with continual watch did warely keep. Spenser.War'fare, n. p. 1492Military service; military life; war; hostilities; contest carried on by enemies. The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. 1 Sam. xxviii. 1. This day from…War′fāre, v. i. p. 1492To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars. [Rare.] “In that credulous, war-faring age.” Camden.War'far-er, n. p. 1492One engaged in warfare; a military man; a soldier.War'-field, n. p. 1492Field of war or battle.War'-ha-ble, a. p. 1492Fit for war. [Obs.] “Warhable youth.” Spenser.War'-hôrse, n. p. 1492A horse used in war; the horse of a cavalry soldier; especially, a strong, powerful, spirited horse for military service; a charger.Wā'ri-ly, adv. p. 1492In a wary manner; with prudence or wise foresight; cautiously.Wā'ri-ment, n. p. 1492Wariness; heed; care. [Obs.] Spenser.War'ine, n. p. 1492(Zool.) A species of monkey of the group of sapajous.Wā'ri-ness, n. p. 1492The state or quality of being wary; prudent care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness. To determine what are little things in religion, great wariness is to be used. Sprat. Syn.—Caution…Wâr'ish, v. t. p. 1492To cure; to heal. [Obs.] Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland.Wâr'ish, v. i. p. 1492To be cured or healed. [Obs.]Wār'i-son, n. p. 1492Preparation; provision; supply; possession; acquisition; gain; reward. [Obs.] Chaucer.Wark, n. p. 1492Work; a building. [Obs.] Spenser. ☞ Used in composition in the word bulwark.War'like, a. p. 1492Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state. “Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men.” Shak. 2. Belonging, or relating, to war; military; martial. The great archangel from his warlike toil…War'like-ness, n. p. 1492State or quality of being warlike; warlike disposition or character. [R.] Sandys.War'ling, n. p. 1492One often quarreled with;—a word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling. [Obs.] Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camden.War'lock, n. p. 1492A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [Written also warluck.] Dryden. It was Eyvind Kallda's crew Of warlocks blue, With their caps of darkness hooded. Longfellow.War'lock, a. p. 1492Belonging, or relating, to a warlock; impish. [Rare.] Thou shalt win the warlock fight. Drake.War'ly, a. p. 1492Warlike. [Obs. and rare.]Wārm, a. p. 1492Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold; as, warm blood; warm milk. “Whose blood is warm within?” Shak. 2. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no winter; as, the warm climate…Warm, v. t. p. 1492To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to apply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. Then shall it be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm…Warm, v. i. p. 1492To become moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day in summer. 2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speaker warms as he proceeds in the argument.Warm, n. p. 1492The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [Colloq.] Dickens.Warm'-blood/ed, a. p. 1492Having warm blood;—applied especially to such animals, as birds and mammals, as have warm blood, and a twofold circulation.Warm'er, n. p. 1492One who, or that which, warms.Wärm'ful, a. p. 1492Abounding in capacity to warm; serving to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [Rare.] Chapman.Warm'-heärt'ed, a. p. 1492Possessing lively interest or affection; cordial; sincere; hearty.Warm'-heärt'ed-ness, n. p. 1492The state or quality of being warm-hearted; cordiality.