单词 | to hold, keep ward |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold, keep ward 1. The action or function of a watchman, sentinel, or the like; observation for the purpose of discovering the approach of danger; look-out, watch, guard; also, surveillance. Phrases, to hold, keep ward. Also in the alliterative formula watch and ward (originally a law phrase): see watch n. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > as a watchman or sentinel wardOE day watchOE watch1377 watch and ward1390 wakingc1440 scout-watch1464 watching and warding1579 sentinel1585 day ward1597 romboyle1612 escouta1627 sentry1639 watchment1740 wardage1878 sentry-go1880 sentry-going1901 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > local or municipal taxes or dues > [noun] > rates > for watchmen watch1430 watch and ward1546 watch1566 watch rate1835 watching-rate1836 OE Beowulf 319 Ic to sæ wille, wið wrað werod wearde healdan. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2202 But ward was þer set wide wher a-boute, of bold burnes of armes þe beres forto seche. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vi. 186 Let no kynne consail ne couetyse ȝow departe, That on wit and on wil alle ȝoure wardes kepe. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iii. iii. sig. q.ii And therfore watchen they vpon theyr warde. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 52 Rise with the said Eirle and pay ward and watch with him during the tyme of were. 1563 P. Whitehorne tr. Onasander Of Generall Captaine & his Office f. 47 Those, whiche shalbe appointed to make the ward, let them go before the Campe,..and make fyres after suche sorte, that they may see those farre of. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xx. 26 [We] gaue to vnderstand too him that had the warde, that the Ambassadour was there. 1649 C. Wase tr. Sophocles Electra 50 Had not I light in the house to keep A faithfull ward. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 384 And dire Tisiphone there keeps the Ward. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ix. 345 Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly intended of the day time... Watch is properly applicable to the night only. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah xxi. 8. 51 O my Lord, I keep my station all the day long; And on my ward have I continued every night. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain iii. x. 141 Sounds were heard, as when a guard, Of some proud castle, holding ward, Pace forth their nightly round. 1835 R. C. Trench Gibraltar in Poems I..saw thy gallant children to and fro Pace, keeping ward at one of those huge gates. < as lemmas |
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