warden 
see warden'^. But the sense of warden is active, 
• one who keeps,' and it does not seem to apply 
to a pear: and the ME. forms of warden^ are 
different from those of warden^. Perhaps the 
origin is in OF. *wardoii, a var. of gardon (Gode- 
froy), a var. ot gardin, garden: see garden.'] A 
kind of pear, usedehieflyforroasting or baking. 
Wardone, peere, voleimim. Wardone tree, volemus. 
Prompt. Parv., p. 516. 
F.iith, I would have had him roasted like a warden, 
In brown paper, and no more talk on 't 
Beau, and FL, Cupid's Eevcnge, ii. 3. 
Ox-cheek when hot, and imrdetn bak'd, some cry ; 
But 'tis with an intention men should buy. 
W. King, Art ot Cookery, 1. 641. 
Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears, baked or stewed 
without crust. 
I must have saffron to colour the warden pies. 
Shak., W. T., iv. 3. 48. 
wardenry (war'dn-ri), n. [< warden^ + -ry (see 
-ery).'] 1. The district in charge of a warden. 
But yet they may not tamely see. 
All through the Western M'ardenry, 
Your law-contemning kinsmen ride. 
And burn and spoil the Border-side. 
Scott, L. of L. M., iv. 24. 
2. The office of warden. 
wardenship (war'dn-ship), n. [< warden^ + 
-.sAy).] The office of warden. 
His Maj. K. Cha. I. gave him the Wardenship of Merton 
Colledge as a reward for liis service, but the times suf- 
fered him not to receive or enjoy any benefitt by it. 
Aubrey, Lives (William Harvey). 
warder^ (war'dSr), n. [FoiTuerly also wardour, 
< OF. 'wardour, gardour, gardeor, a keeper, 
warder, < warder, ward: see ward'^, v., and 
-eel, -orl.] One who keeps watch and ward ; a 
keeper; a guard. 
Memory, the warder of the brain. 
Shak., Macbeth, L 7. 66. 
The warders of the gate. Dryden, -Eneid, ii. 461. 
Warder butcher-birdt, the great gray shrike, Lanius ex- 
cubitor. Sir John Sebright. 
warder^ (war'd6r), n. [< ME. warder, war- 
drere, warderere ; appar. < ward^, v., + -er2.] A 
truncheon or staff of authority earned by a 
king, commander-in-chief, or other important 
dignitary. Signals seem to have been given by means 
of it, as by casting it down (a signal to stop proceedings) 
or tlirowing it up (a signal t^ charge). 
Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 118. 
Wafting his warder thrice about his head, 
[He] cast it up witli his auspicious hand, 
Wliich was the signal through the English spread 
That they should charge. 
Drat/ton, Battle of Agincourt, st. 181. 
wardereret. A doubtful word occurring only 
in the following passage describing the pur- 
suit of a horse that had run away. 
Thise sely clerkes rennen up and doun 
With"KeepeI Keepe! stand! stand! 3 ossa warderere!" 
[var. ware the rere, Camb. MS., warederere, Harl. MS., 
warth there, 16th cent, ed.] Chaucer, Eeeve's Tale, 1. 181. 
ward-holding (ward'hol '''ding), n. The ancient 
railitai'y tenure in Scotland, by which vassals 
were at first obliged to serve the superior in 
war as often as his occasions called for it. 
Wardian (war'di-an), a. [< Ward (see def.) 
-I- -(«».] Invented by, or otherwise relating to, 
a person named Ward Wardian case, a portable 
inclosure with a wooden base and glass sides and top, in- 
vented by Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman, and serving 
for the transportation of delicate living plants, or for their 
maintenance as an indoor ornament. The Imse is lined 
with zinc, or supplied with an eartlien tray. The confined 
air preserves its moisture, and ferns, mosses, and other 
ahade-luvint' plants develop in it witli great l>eauty. 
warding-flle (war'ding-fil), n. A flat file of uni- 
form thickness, cut only at the edges : used to 
file the ward-notches in keys. E. H. Knight. 
wardless (ward'les), a. [< icard^ -t- -less.^ That 
cannot be warded off or avoided. [Kare.] 
He gives like destiny a ^vardUss Idow. 
Stephen Harvey, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, i\. 174. 
wardmant (ward'man), n. [< tcard'^ + man.] 
A town officer in England. 
The common wardnutn . . . carries the largest of the 
silver maces and in processions immediately precedes the 
mayor. Jewitt, Art Journal, 1881, p. 106. 
ward-mote (ward'mot), n. A meeting of a 
ward; also, a court formerly held in every ward 
in the city of London. Also called wardmote- 
roiirt or inqucxt. 
wardonet, "■ An obsolete form of loarden^. 
wardourf, ". An old spelling of warder'^. 
ward-penny (ward'pen"i), ». Same as wardage. 
wardrobe (ward'rob), n. [Formerly also ward- 
rojie, toardroiipc ; < ME. warilerohe, wardrope, 
wardeilrope, < OF. wardcrohe, garderobe, garde- 
riibhe, a wardrobe, also a privy, < warder, ward, 
6822 
keep, -I- robe, robbe, garment: see ward^ and 
rofeel.] 1. Originally, a room or large closet in 
which clothes were kept, and in which the mak- 
ing of clothes, repairing, etc., were carried on. 
But who that departed, Gyomar ne departed neuer, but 
a-bode spekynge with Morgain, the sustur of kynge Ar- 
thur, in a wardrope vuder the paleys, where she wrouglit 
with silke and golde. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), iii. 607. 
The last day of Octobre, the . . . yere of the reyne of 
King Henri the Sixt, .Sir John Fastolf, Knyght, hath lefte 
in his warde-drope at Caatre this stuff e of clothys, and othir 
harnays that foUowlth. Paston Letters, I. 476. 
When first he spies 
His Prince's Wardrobe ope, quite through Is shot 
With wondring fear. J. Beawmont, Psyche, iii. 75. 
God clothed us ; ... he hath opened his wardrobe unto 
us. Donne, Sermons, vii. 
2. A piece of furniture for the keeping of 
clothes, especially a large press closed by means 
of a door or doors, in which clothes can be hung 
up, and sometimes having shelves and drawers 
as well. 
There! Carterhasdonewithyou, or nearly so; I'll make 
you decent in a trice. Jane, . . . open the top drawer of 
the wardrobe, and take out a clean shirt and neck-hand- 
kerchief ; bring them here ; and be nimble. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xx. 
A ponderous mahogany wardrobe, looking like nothing 
so much as a grim wooden mausoleum, occupied nearly 
all of one wall. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 192. 
3. The clothes belonging to one person at one 
time. 
Hot. The king hath many marching in his coats. 
Doug. Now, by my sword, I will kill all his coats ; 
I'll murder all his wardrobe, piece by piece. 
SAai.,lHen. IV.,v. 3. 27. 
The most important article of all in a gentleman's ward- 
robe was still wanting. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, 1. 14. 
4t. A privy. 
I seye that in a wardrobe they him threwe. 
Chaucer, Prioress's Tale, L 120. 
wardrober (ward'ro'bfer), n. [< ME. wardero- 
pere; < wardrobe + -er^.] The keeper of a ward- 
robe. 
An indenture ... in which Peter Curteys, the king's 
wardrober, undertakes to furnish by the 3rd of July the 
articles specified for the coronation of King Richard. 
J. Oairdner, Richard III., iv. 
ward-room (ward'rom), n. The apartment as- 
signed to the commissioned officers of a man-of- 
war other than the commanding officer. Line- 
officers occupy staterooms on the starboard side 
and staff-officers on the port side — Ward-room 
officers, conimiflsioned officers messing in the ward-room. 
— Ward- room steward. See steward, 2 (b). 
wardropet, «. A Middle English form of ward- 
ri)be. 
Wardrop's disease. A malignant form of in- 
flammation occurring at the root, or on one 
side, of a nail. 
Wardrop's operation for aneurism. See oper- 
ation. 
Ward's electuary. A confection of black 
pepper. 
wardship! (ward'ship), n. [< ward^ + -ship.] 
The office of a ward or guardian ; guardian- 
ship; care and protection of a ward; right of 
guardianship; hence, the feudal tenure by 
which the lord claimed the custody of the body 
and custody and profits of the lands of the in- 
fant heir of his deceased tenant. 
And we . . . come in the court, and Bertylmeu havynge 
this termys to Bernard, seying, "Sir, forasmych as the 
Kyng hathe grauntyd be hese lettrea patent the wardship 
with the profltes of the londes of T. Fastolf durying hese 
nun age to you and T. H., wherfor I am comyn as ther 
sty ward, be ther comamidement," Paston Letters, I. 306. 
Ecclesiastical persons were by ancient order forbidden 
to be executors of any man's testament, or to undertake 
the wardship of children. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 16. 
Thou grand impostor ! how hast thou obtained 
The wardship of the world? Quarles, Emblems, ii. 3. 
wardship^ (ward'ship), n. [< ward^ + -ship.] 
The state or condition of a ward ; pupilage. 
In certain nations, women, whether married or not, 
have been placed in a state of perpetual wardship. 
Bentham, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, xvi. 44, note. 
wardsman (wardz'man), «.; pi. wardsmen 
(-men). One who keeps watch and ward; a 
guard. Sydney Smith. [Rare.] 
Ward's paste. Same as Ward's electuary. 
wardstafFt (ward'staf), ». Same as warder"^. 
ward'wit ( ward' wit), n. The being quit of giv- 
ing money for the keeping of ward in a town. 
ware! (war), a. [< ME. ware, war, < AS. wser, 
also geica'riy E. aware), watchful, heedful, cau- 
tious, = OS. war, also giwar = D. gewaar = OHG. 
giwar, MHG. gewar, G. gewahr, aware, = Icel. 
rarr = Dan. 8w. var = Goth, wars, watchful; 
from a Tent. •/ war, watch, take heed, = L. ve- 
rcrj, regard, respect, esteem, dread(see revere^), 
= Gr. ijpav, perceive, look out for, observe (> ot'- 
waxe 
pof, watchman, guard), = Skt. y/ rar, cover, sur- 
round. From the same source are ult. aware 
(of which ware^ in mod. use is prob. in part an 
aphetie form), ward^, ward^, guard, regard, re- 
ward, etc., revere^, etc. Ware preceded by be 
has become merged with it, beware (as gone 
with be in begone) : see beware. Hence the 
later adj. wary^.] If. Watchful; cautious; 
prudent; wary. 
01 me the worthy was vmr, & my wllle knew. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 132S5. 
The Erie to truste was noo daunger in, 
flor he was ware and wise, I yow ensure. 
Oenerydes (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 1084. 
Howe ware and circumspecte they aught to be. 
Sir T. Elyot, I'he Governour, IIL 11. 
2. On guard; on the watch (against some- 
thing). See beware. 
Reason he made right. 
But bid her well Ije ware, and still erect ; 
Lest, by some fair-appearing good surprised. 
She dictate false, and misinform the wiU. 
Milton, P. L, ix. 363. 
3. Aware ; conscious ; assured. [Archaic] 
Ful fetys was hlr cloke, as I was vxir. 
Chaucer, Gen. ProL to C. T., L 167. 
And Geaunt reised his axe to recouer a-nothor stroke, 
but Arthur was ther-of ware, and smote the horse with 
the spores and passed forth, and than returned with bis 
swerde. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), IL 22S. 
Then was 1 ware of one that on me moved 
In golden armor with a crown of gold. 
Tennyson, Holy GraiL 
warel (war), v. t. ; pret. and pp. wared, ppr. 
waring. [< ME. waren, warien, ware, < AS. 
warian, be on one's guard, heed, look out (= 
OFries. waria = OS. waron = OHG. bewaron, 
heed, = Icel. vara, heed; hence ult. OF. garer 
= Pr. garar, guarar, be on one's guard, heed), 
< wser, watchful, heedful: see ware^, a. Cf. 
wear^, v.] To take care of; take precautions 
against ; take heed to ; look out for and guard 
against; beware of : as, «!«rc the dog. Except 
in a few phrases, as in ware hawk, ware hounds, 
beware is now used instead of ware. 
Ware the Sonne in his ascencioun 
Ne fyude yow nat repleet of humours hote. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Nun's Priest's Tale, L 136. 
But warre the fox, as while thai sitte on brode 
To sette in an Ilande were ful goode. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. 8.), p. 23. 
ware^ (war), «. [< ME. ware, merchandise, 
goods, < AS. "ware, pi. want, wares (= D. waar, 
a ware, commodity, pi. waren, wares; cf. MD. 
waren = G. waare, pi. waaren = Icel. vara, pL 
vorur, wares, = Dan. rare, pi. rarer (cf. vare, 
care), = Sw. vara, pi. varor, ware, wares) ; prob. 
akin to AS. waru, guard, protection, care, cus- 
tody, = G. wahre = Dan. vare = Sw. vara, care ; 
< Teut. ■/ war, guard : see ware^, a., and cf. 
worth^.] 1. Articles of manufacture or mer- 
chandise: now usually in the plural. 
No marchaunt yit ne fette outlandish irare. 
Chaucer, Former Age, L 22. 
This is the ware wherein consists my wealth. 
MariouY, Jew of Malta, L 1. 
They shall not . . . sell or buy any maner of wares, 
goods, or marchandises, secretely nor openly, by way of 
fraude, barat, or deceite. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 2ia 
You pretend buying of wares or selling of lands. 
Dekker and Webster, Northward Ho, v. 1. 
Who but a fool would have faith in a tradesman's umre or 
his word? r«ini/8o«, Maud, vlL 
2. A collective notm used generally in com- 
position with the name of the material, or a 
term relating to the characters of the articles 
or the use to which they are put: as, china- 
ware, tinware, hardware, tableware Adams's 
ware, in eeram., a fine English pottery made at Tunstall, 
at the end of the eighteenth century, by William Adams, 
a pupil of Wedgwood. The pieces are often close imi- 
tations of the Wedgwood ware.— Agen ware, (a) An 
inferior kind of Roman pottery, softer and coarser than 
Samian ware : so called from Agen in the department 
of Lot-et'Garonne, FYance, where much of tliis ware was 
found with the furnaces. (6) A decorative pottery made 
in the seventeenth centiur, many of the pieces having 
the forms of animals. £ron<;j«or(.— Apullan ware. 
See Aptdian pottery (under Apulian\ and cut under «(ani- 
nox.— Aretlne waire. see ^rcti/K.— Awata ware, pot- 
tery and porcelain made at Awata, near Kioto. Japan. The 
greater number of the pieces known to be of this manufac- 
ture are of yellowish hard paste, with a crackled glaze as if 
in imitation of Satsuma w aie ; l)ut a curious and beautiful 
imitation of old Delft and a thin porcelain of a peculiar 
grayish white are known.— Bamboo ware, a variety of 
Wedgwood ware : so named from its color, and otherwise 
known as cane-colored tea re.— Basalt ware. See basalt. 
—Benares ware, a name given to a kind of ornamental 
metal-work made in India, in whicli a pattern is produced 
by chasing or in other ways depressing the surface of the 
metal. — Black ware. Same as basalt ware.— Blue Jas- 
per ware, a name given to a blue-glazed pottery of mod- 
ern manufacture, especially that made at the Ferrybridge 
factory. — BCttger ware. («) A flue stoneware varying 
