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1.
ward(e
n.
Additional spellings:
warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Keeping, care, custodial possession; safekeeping, storage; protection, preservation; maintenance;
sauf ward
[see also
sauf
adj.
6.
(c)];
ward store
, provisions, stores [prob. by reanalysis of
warne
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wiket
n.
31 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A small door, usu. set within a larger door or gate; a small doorway; also
fig.
; also, an opening into a beehive [quot. ?1440];
wiket gate
(b) an opening in a wall, a window [sometimes difficult…
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