Ward : (noun)
1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of
another
2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the
purpose of administration and elections
3: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms)
shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they
put her in a 4-bed ward" [syn: hospital ward]
4: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Ward,
Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]
5: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the
women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
6: United States businessman who in 1872 established a
successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Ward, Montgomery
Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward]
7: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
[syn: cellblock]
(verb)
1: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my
possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ward : \Ward\, v. i.
1. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
2. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no
other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ward : \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin
to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG.
wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to
guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF.
warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award,
Guard, Reward.]
1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a
specific sense, to guard during the day time.
Whose gates he 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 Based on thousand
dangers. --Shak.
3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]
4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything
mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again.
--Daniel.
The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison.
It instructs the scholar in the various methods of
warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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-ward \-ward\ (w[~e]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[~e]rdz). [AS.
-weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G.
-w["a]rts, Icel. -ver[eth]r, Goth. -va['i]r[thorn]s, L.
vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become.
[root]143. See Worth. v. i., and cf. Verse. Adverbs
ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such
as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were
originally genitive forms used adverbially.]
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency
toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards,
etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ward : \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper,
guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG.
wart, Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in
da['u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard,
from the German. See Ware, a., Wary, and cf. Guard,
Wraith.]
1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship;
specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note
under Watch, n., 1.
Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
--Spenser.
2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak.
The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands
did mightily maintain. --Spenser.
For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his
front to guard. --Dryden.
3. The state of being under guard or guardianship;
confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a
guardian; custody.
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain
of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3.
I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am
now in ward. --Shak.
It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards
and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in
the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser.
4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing;
guard. ``Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I
bore my point.'' --Shak.
5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically:
(a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a
ward in chancery. ``You know our father's ward, the
fair Monimia.'' --Otway.
(b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]
(c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
Throughout the trembling city placed a guard,
Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden.
(d) A division of a forest. [Eng.]
(e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
6.
(a) 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.
(b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in
the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight.
The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching
wards to the front, as well as to the back,
plate of the lock, in which case the key must be
furnished with corresponding notches.
--Tomlinson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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WARD, domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the
care of a guardian.
2. While under the care of a guardian aWard : can make no contract
whatever binding upon him, except for necessaries. When the relation of
guardian and ward ceases, the latter is entitled to have an account of the
administration of his estate from the former. During the existence of this
relation, the ward is under the subjection of his guardian, who stands in
loco parentis.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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WARD, a district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into
districts, each of which is called a ward.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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WARD, police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing
violations of the law.
2. It is the duty of all police officers and constables to keepWard : in
their respective districts.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Ward, AL
Zip code(s): 36922
Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130)
Location: 35.01886 N, 91.95503 W
Population (1990): 1269 (506 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72176
Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735)
Location: 40.07250 N, 105.51128 W
Population (1990): 159 (100 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 80481
Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590)
Location: 33.85719 N, 81.73232 W
Population (1990): 132 (59 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29166
Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660)
Location: 44.15536 N, 96.46079 W
Population (1990): 35 (22 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57074
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Ward : a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard
(Neh. 13:30).
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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