Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GUARD'ED-NESS, n.

Caution; circumspection.

GUARD'ER, n.

One that guards.

GUARD'FUL, a.

Wary; cautious.

GUARD'I-AN, a.

Protecting; performing the office of protector; as, a guardian angel; guardian care.

GUARD'I-AN, n. [from guard; Fr. gardien; Sp. guardian.]

1. l. A warden; one who guards, preserves or secures; one to whom any thing is committed for preservation from injury.
2. In law, one who is chosen or appointed to take charge of the estate and education of an orphan who is a minor, or of any person who is not of sufficient discretion to manage his own concerns. The person committed to the care of guardian is called his ward. Guardian of the spiritualities, the person to whom the spiritual jurisdiction of a diocese is intrusted, during the vacancy of the see.

GUARD'I-AN-ESS, n.

A female guardian. [Not in use.] Beaum.

GUARD'I-AN-SHIP, n.

The office of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

GUARD'ING, ppr.

Defending; protecting; securing; attending for protection.

GUARD'LESS, a.

Without a guard or defense. Waller.

GUARD'-ROOM, n.

A room for the accommodation of guards.

GUARD'-SHIP, n.

A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor or river, and to receive impressed seamen.

GUARD'SHIP, n.

Care; protection. [Little used.] Swift.

GUA'RISH, v.t. [Fr. guerir.]

To heal. [Obs.] Spenser.

GUA'VA, n.

An American tree, and its fruit, of the genus Psidium. It is of two species, the pyriferum or white guava, and pomiferum or red guava. The fruit or berry is large and oval shaped, like a pomegranate, which it resembles in its astringent quality. The pulp is of an agreeable flavor, and of this fruit is made a delicious jelly. Encyc.

GU'BER-NATE, v.t. [L. guberno.]

To govern. [Not used.]

GU-BER-NA'TION, n. [L. gubernatio. See Govern.]

Government; rule; direction. [Little used.] Watts.

GU'BER-NA-TIVE, a.

Governing. Chaucer.

GU-BER-NA-TO'RI-AL, a. [L. gubernator.]

Pertaining to government, or to a governor.

GUD'GEON, n. [gud'jin; Fr. goujon.]

1. A small fish of the genus Cyprinus, a fish easily caught, and hence,
2. A person easily cheated or insnared. Swift.
3. A bait; allurement; something to be caught to a man's disadvantage. Shak.
4. An iron pin on which a wheel turns. Sea-gudgeon, the black goby or rock fish.

GUELF, or GUELPH, n.

The Guelfs, so called from the name of a family, composed a faction formerly in Italy, opposed to the Gibelines. J. Adams.

GUER'DON, n. [ger'don; Fr. from the same root as reward, Norm. regarde.]

A reward; requital; recompense; in a good or bad sense. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.

GUER'DON, v.t.

To reward. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

GUER'DON-A-BLE, a.

Worthy of reward. Buck.

GUER'DON-ED, pp.

Rewarded.

GUER'DON-LESS, a.

Unrecompensed. [Obs.] Chaucer.