"Ward" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH, CEBUANO
1. Guarding; care; charge; as, the ward of a castle; so in the phrase “watch and ward.”
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
A division of a forest.
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in
chancery.
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous
that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship;
specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n.,
1.
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement
under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
To defend; to protect.
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock
which it fits; a ward notch.
Alt. of -wards
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a
specific sense, to guard during the day time.
A division of a county.
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to
prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for
passing it.
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
One who, or that which, is guarded.
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
ward n hospital ward.
see also píward and príward.
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing;
guard.
Goldsmith tells us, that when lovely woman stoops to folly, she has nothing to do but to die; and when she stoops to be disagreeable, it is equally to be recommended as a clearer of ill-fame.
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Read the complete definitionagnus n holy charm or relic a? xed to the body to ward o? evil. v [A1; b] wear an …
Read the complete definitionalaga Active Verb: mag-alaga Passive Verb: alagaan Definition: 1) pet, ward, person, animal or the thing being taken care of …
Read the complete definitionThe district or ward of an alderman.
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Read the complete definitionT5 reach or come to a particular place of destination by traveling to-wards lt. Thompson v. United States, 1 Brock. …
Read the complete definitionTo go up; to pass up or np-wards; to go or pass in the ascending line. 4 Kent, Comm. 393, …
Read the complete definitionIn fendal law. The right of marriage, which the' lord or guardian ln chivalry had of disposing of his infant …
Read the complete definitionTo avert; to ward off.
Read the complete definitionTo turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence …
Read the complete definitionThe paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Read the complete definitionáwas v {1} [A2S; b6] for liquid to boil over, spill over the top of a container. Muáwas ang sabaw, …
Read the complete definitionayóp - One under the care and protection of another, a ward, protegé, one who is given shelter and protection; …
Read the complete definitionbàbà n {1} mouth. {2} any mouth-like opening. Bàbà sa lán-gub, Mouth of the cave. Bàbà sa butilya, Mouth of …
Read the complete definitionIn a policy of marine insurance, the phrase “forwards aud back-wards at sea” means from port to port in the …
Read the complete definitionbalituk v [A; b6] {1} do a back somersault, flip over backwards. Maáyung mubalituk ang sirkadur, An acrobat flips over …
Read the complete definitionbarangáy - A boat worked by oars; a ward of several families; a settlement, colony, district, village, borough of a …
Read the complete definitionA Rubvassal, who held ward of the king’s vassal
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