war-cry 
George!" was the wiir-cry of England, "Mont- 
joie Saint Denis!" the war-cry of France. 
FaitMnl to his noble vow, his war-cry fllleil the air ; 
"Be honour'd aye the bravest knight, beloved the fairest 
fair." Scott, Romance of Dunois (trans.). 
wardl (ward), H. [< ME. xcar^, < AS. xcearri, 
m., a keeper, watchman, guavd, guardian, = 
OS. ward = OHG. MHG. G. xoart (in comp.) = 
Icel. rirrthr (rartli-), m., a watchman, a watch, 
= Goth, "icardu, in comp. daiira-wards, m., 
doorkeeper; also OHG. warto, MHG. warfe = 
Goth, wardja, m., keeper, watchman ; also OHG. 
warta = Goth, wardo, f., in comp. dauru-icardo, 
a keeper; with formative -d, from the root *war 
in ware, wary, etc. : see icmrel, wear'^. Cf. ward''', 
and see ward^, v., which is derived from both 
icarrfl, »^., and teard^, n. Hence, in comp., bear- 
ward, gateward, liayward, steward (styward), 
woodward, etc.] A keeper; watchman; warden. 
[Archaic] 
And with that breth helle brake with alle Belialea barres ; 
For eny wye other ward- wyde openede the gates. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 368. 
caty wardt. See cUi/. 
wardl (ward), r. [< ME. warden, wardieii, < AS. 
weardiaii, keep, watch, hold, possess (= OS. 
wardon = OFries. wardia = MLG. warden = 
OHG. MHG. G. warten, watch, = Icel. vartlia, 
warrant, etc.), < weard, m., keeper, wcard, f., 
keeping: see ward^, n., ward-, ii. Hence (from 
MHG. warten) OF. warder, guarder, garder = 
Pr. gardar, guurdar = Sp. Pg. guardar = It. 
guardare, watch, guard : see guard, c] I. trans. 
1. To take care of; keep in safety; watch; 
guard ; defend ; protect. 
God me ward and kepe fro werk diabolike, 
And stedfaate me hold in feith Catholike ! 
Horn, of ParUnay (T£,. E. T. S.), 1. 3499. 
Tell hhn it was a hand that warded him 
From thousand dangers. 
SAaJ-.,Tit. And.,iiL 1. 195. 
Coueting to draw nigh your ships, which if they shal 
flnde not wel watched, or ^carded, they wil assault. 
Hakluyt't Voyages, I. 229. 
2. To put under guard ; imprison. 
Into which prison were these Christiana put, and fast 
warded all the winter season. 
Munday (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 204). 
3. To fend off; repel; turn aside: commonly 
followed by off. 
When all is done, there is no warding the Bluws of For- 
tune. Baker, Chronicles, p. 162. 
To ward of the gripe of poverty, you must pretend to 
be a stranger to her. Goldtmith, The Bee, Nu. 3. 
n. intrans. If. To keep guard; watch. 
The valiant Captaine Francesco Bagone warded at the 
Keepe. Hakluyt't Voyages, II. 123. 
2. To act on the defensive with a weapon ; 
guard one's self. 
Zelmane, redoubling her blows, drave the iitranger to 
no other shift than to ward and go back. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
Halfe their times and labours are spent in watching and 
warding, onely to defend, but altogether vnable to sup- 
presse the Saluages. Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 79. 
3t. To take care: followed by a clause begin- 
ning with that. 
I now of all good here sciiai fynd l»y grace ; 
But warde that ye l>e a Monday in thys place. 
Kom. qf Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 80.5. 
ward'' (wftpd), V. [< ME. ward, warde, < A.S. 
weard, t., keeping, watch, guanl, district, ward, 
= MLG. warde =z OHG. warta, MHG. trarte, 
wart, t., keeping, watch, guard; an ab.stract 
fem. noun, with formative -tl, from tlie root 
"war in ware, wary, etc.: see wariA. wear-. 
From the Teut. are ult., through OF.. E. guard, 
n. and v., regard, reward, guardian, warden^, 
etc. Cf. tcardl, n., and ward^, r., which in- 
volves both nouns.] 1. The act of keeping 
guard; a position or state of watchfulness 
against surprise, danger, or harm ; guard ; 
watch: as, to keep watch and ward. See watch. 
But I which spend tiie darke and dreadful night 
In watch and ward. 
OaKoigne, Philomene (Steele Oias, etc., ed. Aiber, p. 87). 
2t. A body of persons whose duty it is to guard. 
protect, or defend; the watch; a defensive 
force; garrison. 
Tir assicged Castles tcarrf 
Their stedfast st<jnds did mightily niaintaine. 
Speiuer, V. Q., II. xi. Va. 
Was frequent heard the clianging guard. 
Anil watchword (rum tlie sleepless ward. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iii. 30. 
3. Means of guarding; defense; protection; 
preservation. 
The i)«8t ward of mine honour is rewarding my depen- 
denu. Shak., L. L. L., ill. 1. 138. 
6821 
I tliiuk I Imve a close ward, and a sure one — 
An honest mind. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, iii. 2. 
4t. The outworks of a castle. 
And alle the towres of ci-ystalle schene, 
And the ivarden enanielde and overgylt clene. 
Hampole. (UalliweU.) 
5. A guarded or defensive motion or position 
in fencing, or the like ; a turning aside or inter- 
cepting of a blow, thrust, etc. 
1 Scholler. Ah, well thrust I 
2 Scltoller. But mark the ward. 
Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay. 
Thou knowest my old ward; here I lav, and thus I bore 
my point. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 215. 
6. The state of being under a guard ; confine- 
meiit under a guard, warder, or keeper; cus- 
tody; confinement; jail. 
He would be punished and committed to ward. 
Latimer, 2d Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
He put them in ward in the house of the captain of the 
guard. Gen. xl. 3. 
7. Guardianship ; control or care of a minor. 
Item, my Lord of Huugerford has writen to me for to 
have the warde of Robert Monpyns[onlis sone, wher of I 
am agreed that he schal (have) "hit like as I has wretyn 
to hym in a letter, of the wbech I send zow a cope closed 
here in. Pastm. Letters, I. 94. 
It is inconvenient in Ireland that the wards and mar- 
riages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal 
of any of those lords. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
8. The state of being uuder the care, control, 
or protection of a guardian ; the condition of 
being under guardianship. 
I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am 
now in ward. Shak., All's Well, i. 1. 5. 
The decay of estates in ward by the abuse of the powers 
of wardship. R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., ii. 
9. One who or that which is guarded ; specifi- 
cally, a minor or person under guardianship, (a) 
In fetidal law, the heir of tlie king's tenant in capite, dur- 
ing his nonage. (6) In Bri/wA (aw, a minor under the pro- 
tection of the Court of Chancery, generally called a ward 
in Chaneeri/, or a teard of court. To marry a ward of 
court without consent of the court is a contempt. The 
court has power, if the ward has property, to appoint a 
guardian, if there is none, and to supervise his adminis- 
tration, and remove him. 
My lord, he 's a great ivard, wealthy, but simple ; 
His parts consist in acres. 
Stiddleton, Women Beware Women, iii. 2. 
(c) In tl. S. taw, a minor for whom a guardian is ap- 
pointed. 
10. A division, (a) A band or company. 
Habsliahiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, 
with their brethren over against them, to praise and to 
give thanks, according to the commandment of David 
the man of God, ward over against ward. Neb. xii. 24. 
(6t) A division of an army ; a brigade, battalion, or regi- 
ment. 
The kyng of Lybie, callid Lamadone, 
The ix'e warde hadde att his leding. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), L 2172. 
The thirde warde lede the kynge Boors of Gaunes, that 
full wele cowde hem guyde, and were in his company 
iiijinl men wele horsed. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 161. 
Somerset, expecting to have been followed by Lord 
Wenlock, who commanded what was called "the middle 
ward" of tliat army, allowed himself to be lured into a 
pursuit J. Gairdner, Richard III., i. 
(c) A certain division, section, or quarter of a town or 
city, such as is under the charge of an alderman, or as is 
constituted for the convenient transaction of local public 
t)usines8 through committees appointed by the inhabi- 
tants, or merely for the purposes of elections. 
Throughout the trembling city placed a guard. 
Dealing an equal share to every ward. Dryden. 
(d) A territorial division of some counties in Great Brit- 
ain, as Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire in Scotland, and 
Northumlwrland and Cumberland in the north of Eng- 
land, (e) "Tiie division of a forest. (/) One of the apart- 
ments into which a hospital is divided ; as, a fever icard; 
a convalescent ward. 
11. A curved ridge of metal inside a look, 
forming an obstacle to the passage of a key 
which has not a corresponding notch ; also, the 
notch or slot in the web or bit of a key into 
which such a ridge fits when the key is applied. 
Tlie wards of a lock are often named according to their 
shapes : as, L-ward ; T- ward. The wards are usually made 
of sheet-metal bent into a round form, and hence are 
sometimes termed wheels. See cut under pick^, 4. 
A key 
That winds through secret wards. 
Wordsworth, Memory. 
Casual, casualty, condemned ward. Sec the quali- 
fying words. Casualty of wards. See casualty.— 
Isolatinff ward, a room in a liosjiital set apart for the 
reception of patients sulferinKwitli conta^iious disease, or 
who must for any cause be kept from contact with others 
in the hospital.— Police-Jury ward, in Louisiana, the 
chief subdivision of the parish. -Watch and ward. Sec 
watch. 
ward-*t, "dr. [< ME. ward, a quasi-adverb, be- 
ing the sufti.'c -ward separated from its base, as 
in to me \rard. See -ward and toicard.'] The 
suffix -ward separated as a distinct word. 
-ward (wiird). [< ME. -ward. < AS. -weard = 
OS. -ward = OFries. -ward = D. -waari = MLG. 
warden 
LG. -ward = OHG. MHG. -wert (G.' -warts) = 
Icel. -verthr = Goth, -wairths; akin to L. ver- 
s«s {*rert-tus), which is postposed in the same 
way, < vertere, turn, become, = AS. weorthan, 
become: see worth^ and rerse'^. Cf. -wards."] 
A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin, indicating di- 
rection or tendency to or from a point, it is 
affixed to many adverbs and prepositions, as fore (for-), 
forth, from (fro-), to, after, back, liind, in, out, hither, 
thither, whither, up, nether, thence, etc. ; to words indicat- 
ing points of the compass (east, west, etc.); to nouns in- 
dicating a goal, center, end, direction, etc., as Itome, way, 
wind, down, heaven, God, etc. With some of these it was 
used pleonastically, as abackward, adownward. Most of 
the forms have a collateral form with adverbial genitive 
-s, as forwards, afterwards, inwards, outwards, etc. In 
toward, the elements were formerly often separated, as in 
the Bible : to VA-ward (Ps. xl. 5 ; 2 Pet. iii. 9) ; to thee-ward 
(1 Sam. xix. 4) ; to yon-ward (2 Cor. xiii. 3) ; to the mercy 
seatward (Ex. xx.xvii. 9) ; etc. 
Such a newe herte and lusty corage vnto the lawe warde 
canst thou neuer come by of thyne owne strength and en- 
forcement. J. Udall, Prol. to Romans. 
wardaget (war'daj), n. [< ward'^ + -age.] 
Money paid or contributed to watch and ward. 
Also called ward-penny. 
war-dance (war'daus), «. 1. A dance engaged 
in by savage tribes before a warlike excursion. 
— 2. A dance simulating a battle. 
ward-cornt (ward'korn), n. [< OF. "warde- 
corne (?), < warder, keep, -t- come, < L. cornu, a 
horn: see horti.] In old Eng. law, the duty of 
keeping watch and ward in time of danger, 
with the duty of blowing a horn on the ap- 
proach of a foe. 
ward-corset, «. [ME. wardecora, wardecoree, < 
OF. wardecors, guardccorps, gardecors, < warder, 
guarder, ward, guard, -1- cors, corps, body : see 
ward^ and corse'^, corpse.] 1. A body-guard. 
Though thow preye Argus with his hundred eyen 
To be my wardecors, as he kaii best, 
In feith he siial nat kepe me but ine lest. 
Chaucer, Pro!, to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 359. 
2. A cloak. Prompt. I'arv., p. 516. 
wardeint, «. A Middle English variant of war- 
den^. 
warden^ (war'dn), «. [< ME. wardeln, uardeyn, 
Sc. wardane, wardan, a warden, guardian, 
keeper, < OF. 'wardein, gardein, gardain, guar- 
dain, F. gardien (ML. gardiantis), a keeper, 
warden, guardian, cf. gardien, a., keeping, 
watching, < loardc, garde, ward, guard, keep- 
ing: see ward^, and cf. guardian, a doublet of 
warden'^. Cf. irardoi".] 1. A guard or watch- 
man; a guardian. 
Filthe and elde, also moot I thee. 
Been grete wardeyns upon chastitee. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 360. 
He called to the wardens on the outside battlements, 
Seott. 
2. A chief or principal keeper; an officer who 
keeps or guards : as, the warden of the Fleet (or 
Fleet prison). 
The u'ardeyn of the gates pan to calle 
The folk which that without the gates were, 
And bad hem dryven in hire bestes alle. 
Or al the night they moste bleven there. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 1177. 
The Countess asked to be shown some of the prisoners' 
soup. The warden brought some to her in a clean fresh 
plate. The Century, XXXVII. 609. 
3. The title given to the head of some colleges 
and schools, and to the superior of some con- 
ventual churches. 
Our corn is stoln, men wil us fooles calle. 
Bathe the wardeyn and oure felawes alle. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 192. 
And all way the Wardeyne of the seyd ffrers or sum of 
hys Brothern by bys assignment Daly accompanyd with vs 
Informyng And shewing vnto vs the holy places with in 
the holy iaude. Tm-kington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 26. 
4. In Connecticut boroughs, the chief executive 
officer of the municipal government; in a few 
Rhode Island towns, a judicial officer. In colo- 
nial times the name was sometimes used in 
place ot fire-trardcn or fire-ward Port warden, 
an officer invested with the chief authority in a port. — 
Warden of a church. See churchu-anUn. — Warden 
Of a university, the master or president of a university. 
- Warden of the Cinque Ports, the governor qf the 
havens called the Cin<jue Ports, and their dependencies, 
who has tile authority of an admiral, and has power to hold 
a court of admiralty and courts of law and equity. See 
Cinque Ports, under iv /«/!«.— Warden Of the marches. 
See marcAi.— Warden of the mint. See ?»?'/(fi.— "War- 
den of the stews, a townofficer, one of several mentioned 
in the fifteenth century : apparently one who had charge 
of pens for cattle, hogs, etc., perhaps u pound. Compare 
Iwy-niace. 
warden''^ (war'dn), n. [< ME. wardun, icardone; 
usually associated with irarden^, and taken to 
mean a pear that may be kept long (cf. OF. 
poire de garde, "a warden, or winter peare, a 
peare which may be kept verielong," (^otgrave) : 
