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WARD , that which See also:

guards or watches and that which is guarded or watched. The word is a doublet of " guard," which was adapted from the See also:French comparatively See also:late into See also:English. Both are to be referred to the See also:Teutonic See also:root See also:war-, to protect, defend, cf. " wary," " warn," " beware," O. Eng. weard, Ger. warten, &c., and the English " See also:guardian," " See also:garrison," &c. The See also:principal applications of the See also:term are, in See also:architecture, to the inner courts of a fortified See also:place; at See also:Windsor See also:Castle they are called the upper and See also:lower wards (see See also:BAILEY, CASTLE) ; to a See also:ridge of See also:metal inside a See also:lock blocking the passage of any See also:key which has not a corresponding slot into which the ridge fits, the slot in the key being also called " ward " (see LOCKS). Another See also:branch of meaning is to be found in the use of the word for a See also:division into which a See also:borough is divided for the purpose of See also:election of councillors, or a See also:parish for election of guardians. It was also the term used as See also:equivalent to " See also:hundred " in See also:Northumberland and See also:Cumberland. To this branch belongs the use for the various large or small See also:separate rooms in a See also:hospital, See also:asylum, &c., where patients are received and treated. The most See also:general meaning of the word is for a See also:minor or See also:person who is under a guardianship (see See also:INFANT, See also:MARRIAGE and See also:ROMAN See also:LAW).

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