Part 5013

<h1>Guardant</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A guardian.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Guarded</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cautious; wary; circumspect; <as>as, he was <ex>guarded</ex> in his expressions</as>; framed or uttered with caution; <as>as, his expressions were <ex>guarded</ex></as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Guard"edly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Guard"ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Guardenage</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"en*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Guardianship.</def> <mark>[Obs. & R.]</mark> " His tuition and guardenage."

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Guarder</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who guards.</def>

<h1>Guardfish</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The garfish.</def>

<h1>Guardful</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cautions; wary; watchful.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Guard"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Guardhouse</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.</def>

<h1>Guardian</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>guardain</ets>, <ets>gardien</ets>, F. <ets>gardien</ets>, LL. <ets>guardianus</ets>. See <er>Guard</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Wasden</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.</def>

<blockquote>Of the several species of <b>guardians</b>, the first are <b>guardians</b> by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. <i>Blockstone.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Guardian ad litem</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit.</cd> -- <col>Guardians of the poor</col>, <cd>the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Guardian</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guard"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; <as>as, a <ex>guardian</ex> care</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Feast of Guardian Angels</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <cd>a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d.</cd> -- <col>Guardian angel</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Hence, a protector or defender in general. <i>O. W. Holmes</i>.</cd> -- <col>Guardian spirit</col>, <cd>in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.</cd></cs>

<h1>Guardianage</h1> <Xpage=656>

<hw>Guard"i*an*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Guardianship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Guardiance</h1> <Xpage=656>