Avant-guard
(n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard. |
Axle guard
() The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically |
Bat's-wing
(a.) Alt. of Batwing |
Castle-guard
(n.) The guard or defense of a castle. |
Castle-guard
(n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it |
Castle-guard
(n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time. |
Fender
(v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm |
Fender
(v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor. |
Fender
(v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf. |
Fender
(v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard. |
Fender
(v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels. |
Guard
(n.) To protect from danger |
Guard
(n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. |
Guard
(n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border |
Guard
(n.) To fasten by binding |
Guard
(v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense |
Guard
(v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack |
Guard
(v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position |
Guard
(v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train |
Guard
(v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss |
Guard
(v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. |
Guard
(v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. |
Guard
(v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. |
Guard
(v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. |
Guard
(v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull |
Guard
(v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. |
Guard
(v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled. |
Guard
(v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. |
Guard
(v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. |
Guard
(v. t.) Watch |
Guard
(v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. |
Sea wing
() A wing shell (Avicula). |
Stack-guard
(n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. |
Standard-wing
(n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
Water wing
() One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
Wing
(n.) One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
Wing
(n.) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
Wing
(n.) Passage by flying |
Wing
(n.) Motive or instrument of flight |
Wing
(n.) Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
Wing
(n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder |
Wing
(n.) Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
Wing
(n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
Wing
(n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
Wing
(n.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
Wing
(n.) One of two corresponding appendages attached |
Wing
(n.) A side building, less than the main edifice |
Wing
(n.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |