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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,393 words match “WARD”

Turned away; away. [Obs.] Chaucer.

AWKWARD a. 3 definitions

ill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. And dropped an awkward courtesy. Dryden.

AWKWARD SQUAD n.

A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.

Backward. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BACKWARD a. 8 definitions

Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

BACKWARD; BACKWARDS adv. 7 definitions

With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

BACKWARDATION n.

The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle.

BACKWARDLY adv. 2 definitions

Perversely; ill.[Obs.] And does he think so backwardly of me Shak.

BACKWARDNESS n.

The state of being backward.

A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. [R.] Shak.

BRIDGE-WARD n. 2 definitions

A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

Same as Castleguard.

CHURCHWARDEN n. 2 definitions

ced in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.

CHURCHWARDENSHIP n.

The office of a churchwarden.

COWARD a. 5 definitions

Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly. Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. Shak.

nger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.

Cowardice. [Obs.]

Cowardly. [Obs.] " A base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia).

To render cowardly. [Obs.] God . . . cowardizeth . . . insolent spirits. Bp. Hall.