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Rear
·adv Early; soon. II. Rear ·vt To lift and take up. III. Rear ·vt To breed and raise; as, to rear ...

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rear
1) under roasted or boiled ; not done enough. 2) mice, bats. Derb. 3) (corruptly pronounced [RARE]...

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rear
An epithet for anything situated behind another, as the hindmost portion of a fleet or army. (See di...

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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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Rear-horse
·noun A <<Mantis>>. ...

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rear-admiral
The officer in command of the third division of a fleet, whose flag is at the mizen. ...

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rear-rank
The last rank of a body of men drawn up in simple line. ...

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rear-ship
The sternmost ship of a fleet. ...

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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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after-guard
The men who are stationed on the quarter-deck and poop, to work the after-sails. It was generally co...

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

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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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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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