GUARD, GUARDING
ADJECTIVES
1574 — GUARDANT guarding, protecting, watching
1657 — CUSTODIENT guarding, protecting → obs.
NOUNS
1000 — WARD a company of watchmen or guards
1704 — WAIT a body of guards → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1225 — WARDEN one who guards, protects, or defends → obs.
1400 — WARDER a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance; also, a watchman on a tower
1589 — BLACK-GUARD a guard or soldier dressed in black, or dark or forbidding in features or character → obs.
1855 — WARDEIN a warden; a guard; a watchman; a keeper at a gate (Bk.)
1930 — AIREDALE a guard or watchman → US criminals’ sl.
1933 — HEAVY MAN an armed guard or bodyguard → US criminals’ sl.
1935 — HEAVY MAN an armed guard protecting bootleg whisky conveyed on a truck → criminals’ sl.
1942 — HAWK a guard, a watchman → Amer. sl.
VERBS
..900 — YEME to have charge of, to have in keeping; to guard, to protect, to preserve from injury → obs.
1000 — WARE to guard oneself, to be careful, to take care → obs.
1035 — WARD to guard, to stand guard over; to keep in safety, to take care of → arch.
1175 — BEWAKE to keep watch over; to guard → obs.
1200 — WAKE to keep watch while others sleep, to be on guard at night → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1240 — I-WITE to watch, to guard, to preserve → obs.
1300 — UMSTAND to stand round, to guard → obs.
1350 — WARISH to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue → obs.
1560 — LAY to set watch or guard in a place → obs.
1861 — SCONCE to guard, to protect; to take up a position of security → Sc.
1898 — BEVAAR to protect, to guard → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 — LOOK A LITTLE OUT to be on guard; to be careful → Amer. dial.
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