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One who undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian. Puller. Shipley.

; to interrupt; to delay; to stay. Suspend your indignation against my brother. Shak. The guard nor fights nor fies; their fate so near At once suspends their courage and their fear. Denham.

Swindling; rougery. [R.] "Swindlery and blackguardism." Carlyle.

rtune, or the like. This man was taken of the Jews. Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yi…

A piece of armor formerly worn to guard the things; a tasse.

mpany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. Shak. And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge. Milton. There 's not a sparrow or a wren, There 's not a blade of autumn grain, Which the four seasons do not tend And tid…

To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age.

erent levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; - - called also guard lock. -- Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water. -- Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents. -- Tide table, a table g…

To insnare; to trap; to trapan. Guards even of a dozen men were silently trepanned from their stations. De Quincey.

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy. Macaulay.

Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: --

The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.

The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage. Hooker.

A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] Smollett.

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way…

In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril. [Obs.] But only vented up her umbriere. Spenser.

To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [Obs.] Shak.