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WARD
, that which See also:guards or watches and that which is guarded or watched
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The word is a doublet of " guard," which was adapted from the See also:French comparatively See also:late into See also:English
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Both are to be referred to the See also:Teutonic See also:root See also:war-, to protect, defend, cf
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" wary," " warn," " beware," O
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Eng. weard, Ger. warten, &c., and the English " See also:guardian," " See also:garrison," &c
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The See also:principal applications of the See also:term are, in See also:architecture, to the inner courts of a fortified See also:place; at See also:Windsor See also:Castle they are called the upper and See also:lower wards (see See also:BAILEY, CASTLE) ; to a See also:ridge of See also:metal inside a See also:lock blocking the passage of any See also: |
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