Word Meanings - GUARDROOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
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- GUARDIAN
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. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., - GUARDANT
A guardian. Shak. - DURAMEN
The heartwood of an exogenous tree. - GUARDIANSHIP
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch. - WHEREIN
1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet - WHEREVER
At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury. - GUARDIANESS
A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl. - DURIO
A fruit tree of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian. - GUARDIANLESS
Without a guardian. Marston. - CONFINABLE
Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall. - DUROUS
Hard. - GUARDER
One who guards. - WHERETO
1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively. - DURANTE
During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure. - WHEREAS
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; - GUARDS
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards." - DURANCY
Duration. Dr. H. More. - WHERE'ER
Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper. - DURRA
A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called - DUR
Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major. - CONFINER
One who, or that which, limits or restrains. - WHER; WHERE
Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer. - REVERDURE
To cover again with verdure. Ld. Berners. - PODURA
Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale , one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope. (more info) podo`s, - OBDURATION
A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. - ORDURE
1. Dung; excrement; fæces. Shak. 2. Defect; imperfection; fault. Holland. - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - BORDURE
A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged. - EVERYWHERENESS
Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew. - EVERYWHERE
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.