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fix leagues eaft of Lima. From the difpofition of its 
parts, thofe places only which lie in the valley, and in 
the breaches of the mountains, are inhabited ; and thefe 
are very fertile, producing great quantities of fruit, 
wheat, barley, maize, and other grain. In its moun¬ 
tains are feveral filver mines, though but few of them 
are wrought, being none of the richeft. 
GUAR'CO. See Gagnete. 
To GUARD, v. a. [garde?-, Fr. from our word ward, 
the w being changed by the French into g; as Galles for 
Wales.'] To watch by way of defence and fecurity ; as, 
the advanced guard, the rear guard, &c.—for all which 
fee the article Military Tactics. 
* Who by Health 
Had from his wakeful cuftody purloin’d 
The guarded gold. . Milton. 
To protect 5 to defend : 
Naked the graces guarded you from all 
Dangers abroad, and now your thunder /hall. Waller . 
Your po>v’r you never ufe, but for defence, 
To guard your own or others innocence. Dryden ., 
To prefcrve by caution.—One would take care to guard 
one’s felf againft this particular imperfection, becaufe 
it is that which our nature very'firongly inclines us to. 
Addifon. —To provide againft objections.—Homer has 
guarded every circumftance with as much caution as if 
lie had been aware of the objection. Broome. —To adorn 
with lifts, laces, or ornamental borders. Objolete: 
Give him a livery 
More guarded than his fellows. Shakefpeare. 
To GUARD, v. n. To be in a ftate of caution or de¬ 
fence.— To guard againft fuch miftakes, it is neceftary 
to acquaint ourfelves a little with words. Watts. 
GUARD, f \_garde , Fr. ward, Teut.] A man, or 
body of men, whofe bufinefs is to watch by Way of de¬ 
fence or prevention.—The guard bare them, and brought 
them back into the guard-chamber. 1 Kings xiv. 28. 
Up into heav’n, from paradife, in hafte 
Th’ angelic guards afcended. Milton. 
A ftate of.caution; a Rate of vigilance.—It is wifdom 
to keep ourfelves upon a guard. VEJlrange. 
Now he ftood collected and prepar’d ; 
For malice and revenge had put himonhisga/zra?. Rryd. 
Limitation ; anticipation of objection; caution of ex- 
•preflian.—They have expreffed themfelves with as few 
guards . and reftriCtions as 1 . Atterbury. —An ornamental 
hem, lace, or border. Obfolete —The guards are but 
flightly bailed on. Shakefpeare. —Part of the hilt of a 
fword. Any thing that guards fomething elfe ; as, a 
guard that keeps the drefs from dirt. Mafon’s Supplement. 
Guards is a name fometimes applied to the two 
ftars nearelt the north pole ; bein|f in the hind part of 
the chariot at the tail of Urfa Minor or little bear ; one 
of them being alfo called the pole ftar. 
GUARD-BOAT, f. The boat which is appointed to 
row the rounds to obferve fhips laid up in the harbour. 
GUARD-IRON, f. The arched bars of iron placed 
over the ornamental figures on the head or bow of aftiip. 
GUARD-ROOM, f. The room where'the yeomen 
of the guard wait on court-days at St. James’s. 
GUARD-SKIP, f. A Ihip of war to guard the coa-ft. 
GUAR'DA, or Guardia, a town of Portugal, in 
the province of Beira, the fee of a bifttop, fuffragan of 
Lifbon ; -it is lituated near the fource of the Mondego, 
and is ftrong by art and nature. Befides a magnificent 
cathedral, it contains four other churches, an hofpital, 
two convents, and 2300 inhabitants : fixty-feven miles 
eaft of Coimbra, and eighteen fouth-we ft of Almeida. 
Lat. 40. 2i.‘N. Ion, i i . 39. E. Ferro. 
GUAR'DA (La), a town of Spain, on the weft coaft 
of Galicia .- fourteen miles weft-Iouth-weft of Tuy, 
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GUAR'DA, a town of the illand of Cuba ; 135 miles 
weft-fouth-weft of Havanna. 
GUARD'AGE, f. State of wardfliip. Obfolete-. 
. A maid fo tender^ fair, and happy, 
Run from her guardage to the looty bofom 
Of fuch a thing as thou ! Shakefpeare, 
GUARDAMAR', a feaport town of Spain, in the 
province of Valentia, at the mouth of the Segura ; its 
chief trade confifts in the exportation of fait: feven- 
teen miles fouth-fouth-weft of Alicant. Lat. 38. 7. N. 
Ion. 16. E. Peak of Teneriffe. 
GUAR'DANT, adj. [old heraldic part, of guard.y 
Keeping-guard.—You ftiall perceive, that a jack guard- 
ant cannot office me from my fon Coriolanus. 
GUAR'DAON, a town of Spain, in the province of - 
Beira : four leagues weft of Vifeu. 
GU ARDASO'NE, a town of Italy, in the Parmefan: 
twelve miles fouth of Parma. 
GUARDAVAL'LE, a town of Italy, in the kingdom 
of Naples, and province of Calabria Ultra: eight miles 
fouth of Squillace. 
GUAR/DER, f One who guards. Ainfworth. 
GUAR'DIA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Bafilicata: fifteen miles fouth- 
fouth-eaft of Potenza. 
GUAR'DIA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Calabria Citra : fifteen miles weft: 
of Bifignano. 
GUAR'DIA (La), a town of Spain, in the province 
of Alava : fifteen miles fouth of Vitoria. 
GUAR'DIA (La), a town of Spain, in New Caftile: 
twenty-two miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Toledo. 
GUAR'DIA ALSE'RES, a town of Italy, in the 
kingdom of Naples, and province of Molife, the fee of 
a bilhop, fuffragan of Benevento : twenty-one miles 
north-eaft of Molife. 
GUAR'DIA GIRAR'DO, a town of Italy, in the 
kingdom of Naples, and province of Molife : fifteen 
miles north-weft of Molife. 
GUARDIAGHE'LE, a town of Italy, in the king¬ 
dom of Naples, and province of Abruzzo-Citra : ten 
niiles fouth-fouth-eaft of Civita di Chieti. 
GUARDIAL'OBARD, a town of Italy, in the king¬ 
dom of Naples, and province of Principato Ultra : fix 
miles north of Conza. 
GUAR'DIAN, f. [ guardien, Fr. from guard. ] One 
who has the care of an orphan .- 
When perjur’d guardians, proud with impious gains, 
Choak up the ftreets, too narrow for their trains. Dryd. 
One to whom the care and prefervation of any thing is 
committed.—It then becomes the common concern of 
all that have truth at heart, and more efpecialiy of 
thofe who are the appointed guardians of the Chriftian 
faith, to be upon the watch againft feducers. Waterland. 
—A repofitory or Itorehoufe ; 
Where is Duncan’g body. 
-Carried to Colmeficill, ' 
The facred Itorehoufe of his predeceffors, 
And guardian of their bones. Shakefpeare. 
GUAR'DIAN, f. In law, one who hath the cuftody 
and education of fuch perfons as are not of fufficient 
diferetion to guide themfelves and their own affairs, as 
children and ideots. 
Guardians, by the common law, were guardians in 
chivalry ; guardians by nature, fuch as the father or 
mother ; guardians in focage, who are the next of blood- 
to whom the inheritance cannot defeend, if the father 
does not order it otherwife ; and guardian becaufe of 
' nurture, when the father by will appoints one to be 
guardian of his child. Co. Lit. 18. ilnjl. 305. The fe¬ 
veral guardians therefore now in ufe, may be thus enu¬ 
merated ; x . By nature. 2. For nurture. 3. In fo- 
