Keeping, care, charge, custody.

keeping, custody.

The action of yeme, v.; care, keeping, protection, charge.

The state of being laid up or committed to some one for safe keeping; custody, keeping, charge; concrete that which is so laid up, a deposit.

Charge, custody, jurisdiction, power. Obsolete.

Guardianship, safe-keeping. rare.

Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obsolete.

Keeping, care, custody, wardship. (Cf. award, v.2 and ward, n.2 2a) Obsolete.

The charge or care of something or someone; protection, defence; guardianship. Later also more generally: possession. Chiefly with of, specifying…

The charge, trust, or care of a person (to which a thing is committed); a person's protection. Obsolete.

Affording security from theft, loss, escape, etc. Chiefly in safe custody, safe stowage. Cf. safekeeping, n., safe ward, n.

The charge, trust, or care of a person (to which a thing is committed); = credence, n. 4. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

Guardianship, keeping.

The action of guard, v.; protection; guardianship.

Guardianship.

= guardage, n.

Keeping, guardianship.

The condition or position of a guard or guardian; guardianship.

The office or position of guardian. gen. Guardianship, protection, custody. Chiefly figurative.

The condition or fact of being a guardian; the office or position of guardian. gen. Keeping, protection, guard.

Guardianship.

Guardianship. nonce-uses.