guard (gard)

[Formerly also gard, garde; a guardian, warden, keeper, Therfor the i hasted to come tymely to saf garde . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 197. 2. Specifically, a state of caution or vigilance; attentive observation designed to prevent surprise or attack; watch; heed: as, to keep guard; to be on one's guard; to keep a careful guard over the tongue. Temerity puts a man off his guard . Sir R. L'Estrange. The great alteration which he made in the state ecclesiastical caused him to stand upon his guard at home. Sir J. Davies . 3. One who or that which protects or keeps in safety; one who or that which secures against danger, attack, lo , or injury; one who keeps protecting watch. IMG:content-2750.png:[blocks in formation] examined us before we came Coryat, Crudities, I. 12. She bade her slender purse be shared Among the soldiers of the guard. Scott, L. of the L., vi. 10. refuse of the sugar-cane steeped in water. guarauna (gwä-ra'nä), n. [S. Amer.] 1. A bird of the family Aramid a; the scolopaceous courlan, Aramus scolopaceus.-2. A kind of ibis: now taken as a specific name of the white faced glo y ibis, Ibis guarauna.