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Guard
·vt Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard. II. Guard ·noun To fasten by binding; to <<Gir...

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Guard
1) Heb. tabbah (properly a "cook," and in a secondary sense "executioner," because this office fell ...

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guard
The duty performed by a body of men stationed to watch and protect any post against surprise. A divi...

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After
·adj Hinder; nearer the rear. II. After ·prep Below in rank; next to in order. III. After ·prep Be...

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after
A comparative adjective, applied to any object in the hind part of a ship or boat; as, the after-cab...

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Avant-guard
·noun The van or advanced body of an army. ·see <<Vanguard>>. ...

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Axle guard
·- The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in...

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Castle-guard
·noun The guard or defense of a castle. II. Castle-guard ·noun A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant...

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Stack-guard
·noun A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. ...

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black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who ...

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guard-fish
n. Erroneous spelling of Garfish (q.v.). ...

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baggage-guard
A small proportion of any body of troops on the march, to whom the care of the whole baggage is assi...

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forage-guard
A party detached to cover foragers, those wooding, watering, &c. ...

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guard-boards
Synonymous with chain-wales. ...

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guard-boat
A boat appointed to row the rounds amongst the ships of war in any harbour, &c., to observe that the...

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guard-book
Report of guard; a copy of which is delivered at the admiral's office by the officer of the last gua...

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guard-fish
A corruption of the word gar-fish. ...

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guard-irons
Curved bars of iron placed over the ornaments of a ship to defend them from damage. ...

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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...

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health-guard
Officers appointed to superintend the due observance of the quarantine regulations. ...

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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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quarter-guard
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp. ...

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rear-guard
That part of the army which brings up and protects the rear. ...

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water-guard
Custom-house officers employed to prevent fraud on the revenue in vessels arriving at, or departing ...

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After damp
·- An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. ·see Carboni...

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After-dinner
·noun The time just after dinner. II. After-dinner ·adj Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an aft...

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After-eatage
·noun <<Aftergrass>>. ...

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After-glow
·noun A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. ...

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After-image
·noun The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been...

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After-mentioned
·adj Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing). ...

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After-note
·noun One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from th...

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After-sails
·noun The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. ...

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After-wit
·noun Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. ...

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After-witted
·adj Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. ...

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after-clap
A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, a...

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after night
After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...

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at-after
afterwards. North. ...

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after-body
That part of the ship's hull which is abaft the midships or dead-flat, as seen from astern. The term...

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after-clap
Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...

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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern. ...

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after-face
See back of the post. ...

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after-ladder
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...

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after-orders
Those which are given out after the regular issue of the daily orders. ...

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after-part
The locality towards the stern, from dead-flat; as, in the after-part of the fore-hold. ...

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after-peak
The contracted part of a vessel's hold, which lies in the run, or aftermost portion of the hold, in ...

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after-rake
That part of the hull which overhangs the after-end of keel. ...

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after-sails
All those on the after-masts, as well as on the stays between the main and mizen masts. Their effect...

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after-timbers
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...

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report of guard
The document rendered in by the guard-boat, of every vessel boarded during her hours of duty, with t...

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to tag after
To follow closely after.--Forby. ...

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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...

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turn out the guard!
The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superi...

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