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4,258 words match “WAR”

WAR a. 11 definitions

Ware; aware. [Obs.] Chaucer.

WARBLE n. 10 definitions

umor produced by the larvæ of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.

WARBLER n. 3 definitions

One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. Tickell.

WARBLINGLY adv.

In a warbling manner.

WARBURG'S TINCTURE n. 2 definitions

r ingredients, often used in the treatment of malarial affections. It was invented by Dr. Warburg of London.

WARD n. 18 definitions

g the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1. Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. Spenser.

The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise. Burrill.

ardian; one set to watch over another. [Obs.] "Though thou preyedest Argus . . . to be my wardcorps." Chaucer.

WARDEN n. 4 definitions

A keeper; a guardian; a watchman. He called to the warden on the . . . battlements. Sir. W. Scott.

WARDENRY; WARDENSHIP n.

The office or jurisdiction of a warden.

WARDER n. 2 definitions

One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The warders of the gate." Dryden.

or keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.

Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. Brande & C. "Wards and wardmotes." Piers Plowman.

WARDROBE n. 3 definitions

ing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. T. Hughes.

WARDROOM n. 3 definitions

A room occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers of a war vessel. See Gunroom. Totten.

WARDSHIP n. 2 definitions

The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.

A man who keeps ward; a guard. [R.] Sydney Smith.

WARE n. 7 definitions

Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ware goose (Zoöl.), the brant; -- so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.]

Wary; watchful; cautious. [Obs.]