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1. ward-setle n.

Additional spellings: wardsetle
5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A guard post; also, a guard, sentinel; (b) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.247].

2. ēstward adv.

22 quotations in 4 senses
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Toward the east; in an easterly direction; (a) of motion, (b) of direction.

3. in-wā̆rd adv.

Additional spellings: inward
62 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To or toward the inside of a building, space, opening, etc.; (b) toward the back of a holding of land; (c) into the midst of a battle or battlefield; towards the center of a line of battle.

4. in-wā̆rd adj.

Additional spellings: inward
74 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Situated in or toward the physical interior of something; inner, inmost; inwardest, innermost; (b) located within a place, realm, or institution; domestic, internal; werre in-ward, civil war [may…

5. fōr(e-wā̆rd adj. & n.

Additional spellings: fore-ward
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Forward, farthest ahead; ?outward; (b) on foreward, at the beginning; (c) superior; on for-ward, in importance.

6. tọ̄̆gederward adv.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Toward one another, toward an opposing side; with ref. to the eyelids: so as to be closed.

7. fōr(e-wā̆rd n.

Additional spellings: fore-ward
73 quotations in 3 senses
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An agreement, a contract, treaty, bargain; terms of an agreement; pledge or promise; this (that) was for-ward, this or that was in the bargain.

8. fō̆rth-wā̆rd adv.

Additional spellings: forthward
41 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of motion: toward the front, forward, ahead; forth-ward and bakward; (b) of motion from a place: out, forth, away.

9. mid-ward n.(1), adj., & adv.

Additional spellings: midward
54 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The middle of a thing, center spatially; the middle of a book; the middle portion of a river's course; bi the mid-ward, at the middle of the body, at the waist; (b) aboven mid-ward of, in (into)

10. ward n.(1)

38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A guard, sentinel; a guardian; also in fig. context; also, a jailer, keeper [occas. difficult to distinguish from ward(e n. 4.(a)] (b) in cpds. and combs.: ape ward, an ape keeper; bere ward [see…

11. erv-ward n.

Additional spellings: ervward
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Heir; (b) ereward-riche, inheritance.

12. unweardlīce adv.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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?Unguardedly, without reservation; ?error for in-wardli adv.

13. -ward suf.

105 quotations in 2 senses
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As a suffix it appears in some 100 words, over half of which are adverbs, with a number of adjectives, some prepositions, one conjunction, one interjection, and a few nouns formed from adjectives…

14. in-wā̆rd n.

Additional spellings: inward
22 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The inner part or parts of anything; (b) the inner part or parts of a bodily organ; (c) the pith of a plant stem.

15. warde-wīte n.

Additional spellings: wardewite
9 quotations in 1 sense
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A customary rent paid in commutation of guard service or as a tax for its maintenance; also, the obligation of paying such a rent; also, a fine for failing to pay such a rent or to provide a guard for…

16. ward-man n.

Additional spellings: wardman
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A guard, watchman; a jailer; (b) pl. select representatives of a municipal ward, with various administrative powers and responsibilities; (c) the obligation to provide a man for guard service.

17. north-ward adv.

Additional spellings: northward
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Toward the north, in a northerly direction; (b) in the north; (c) on the north side; (d) as noun: unto the north-ward, in the north, on the north side.

18. wọ̄de-ward n.

Additional spellings: wodeward
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A manorial or royal officer with authority over woodland, a forester, forest keeper; wode-ward wike, = wode-wardship n.; (b) as surname; (c) ?in place name.

19. ward(e n.

Additional spellings: warde
190 quotations in 7 senses
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(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

20. worthen v.

286 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) To exist, be; also, come into being, come into existence; (b) present tense with future sense; worthe non him ilich, no one like him shall exist, there shall be nobody like him.