bywardn.
/ˈbʌɪwɔːd/ A ward or guard which is not the main one; as in the Byward Tower in the Tower of London.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > subsidiary
counterguard1523
quarter guard1706
byward1840
1840 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London iv A large drawbridge then led to another portal forming the principal entrance to the outer ward, and called the By-ward or Gate Tower.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
† bywardbywardsadv.
Obsolete.
Sideways. In first quot.ward perhaps = ‘confinement, custody’.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adverb]
sidelonga1398
sidelings?a1400
sidelingc1425
laterallyc1454
collaterally?a1475
sidewarda1513
sidewise1531
byward1556
sideways1572
sidewards1575
sidelingwise1577
crabby1582
crab-like1605
sideway1847
crabwise1904
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie iv. 28 In eche weake place is wouen a weauing cast, By warde, in warde, to warde the flie more fast.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 75 The spring..would only be pusht forwards or by-wards.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1840
adv.1556