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es, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

A heap or pile of hay, usually covered with thatch for preservation in the open air.

Relating to Hygeia, the goddess of health; of or pertaining to health, or its preservation.

That department of sanitary science which treats of the preservation of health, esp. of households and communities; a system of principles or rules designated for the promotion of health.

A treatise on, or the science of, the preservation of health. [R.]

rruption. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. 42. The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne.

. Hook. -- Index rerum Etym: [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.

ten or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. Knolles.

A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. His happiness is in his own keeping. South.

motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.

To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

to it. South. Religion obliges men to the practice of those virtues which conduce to the preservation of our health. Tillotson.

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. Chaucer. While in the park I sing, the listening deer Attend my passion, and forget to fear. Waller.

A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

olitical science or philosophy which treats of the sources, and methods of production and preservation, of the material wealth and prosperity of nations.

rt of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, wi…