Warder: Definition and part of speech

Warder

  1. n. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
  2. n. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ward: Definition and part of speech

Ward

  1. n. A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
  2. n. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
  3. n. To defend; to protect.
  4. n. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
  5. n. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; — usually followed by off.
  6. v. i. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ward-corn: Definition and part of speech

Ward-corn

  1. n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Warbler: Definition and part of speech

Warbler

  1. n. Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
  2. n. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; — applied chiefly to birds.
  3. n. Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.