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Ward staff
(gcide) | Ward \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper,
guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG.
wart, Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in
da['u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard,
from the German. See Ware, a., Wary, and cf. Guard,
Wraith.]
1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship;
specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note
under Watch, n., 1.
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Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
--Spenser.
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2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
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For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak.
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The assieged castle's ward
Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain.
--Spenser.
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For want of other ward,
He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden.
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3. The state of being under guard or guardianship;
confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a
guardian; custody.
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And he put them in ward in the house of the captain
of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3.
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I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am
now in ward. --Shak.
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It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards
and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in
the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser.
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4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing;
guard. "Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I
bore my point." --Shak.
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5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically:
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(a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a
ward in chancery. "You know our father's ward, the
fair Monimia." --Otway.
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(b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]
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(c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
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Throughout the trembling city placed a guard,
Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden.
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(d) A division of a forest. [Eng.]
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(e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
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6.
(a) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock,
to prevent the use of any key which has not a
corresponding notch for passing it.
(b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in
the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight.
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The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching
wards to the front, as well as to the back,
plate of the lock, in which case the key must be
furnished with corresponding notches.
--Tomlinson.
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Ward penny (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or
castellan for watching and warding a castle.
Ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.]
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