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Criterion applied in hierarchical cluster analysis
In statistics, Ward's method is a criterion applied in hierarchical cluster analysis. Ward's minimum variance method is a special case of the objective
Ward's_method
American musical educator (1879–1975)
educator who developed a system for teaching music to children known as the Ward Method. Justine Bayard Cutting was born on August 7, 1879, in Morristown, New
Justine_Ward
Optional division of a city or town
administrative division, as in the wards of Newark, New Jersey or the six wards of Houston. The ward system was the primary method used to elect city council
Ward_(United_States)
Stack-based method for clustering
larger clusters. The clustering methods that the nearest-neighbor chain algorithm can be used for include Ward's method, complete-linkage clustering, and
Nearest-neighbor chain algorithm
Nearest-neighbor_chain_algorithm
Market town in Staffordshire, England
Chase Line. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of Cannock
Cannock
Statistical method in data analysis
hierarchical clustering (also called hierarchical cluster analysis or HCA) is a method of cluster analysis that seeks to build a hierarchy of clusters. Strategies
Hierarchical_clustering
Musical system of regularly occurring sounds
decipher a difficult rhythm) and form and often involves subdivision. The method involving numbers may be termed count chant, "to identify it as a unique
Counting_(music)
Retailer in the United States
operated between 1872 and 2001; its common nickname was "Monkey Wards". The current Montgomery Ward Inc. is an online shopping and mail-order catalog retailer
Montgomery_Ward
Market town in Staffordshire, England
district in the county of Staffordshire. The town is divided into three wards: Hednesford Green Heath, Hednesford North, and Hednesford South. The town
Hednesford
American academic
John Ward Creswell is an American academician known for his work in mixed methods research. He has written numerous journal articles and 27 books on mixed
John_W._Creswell
Overview of and topical guide to machine learning
(company) Viterbi algorithm Vowpal Wabbit WACA clustering algorithm WPGMA Ward's method Weasel program Whitening transformation Winnow (algorithm) Win–stay
Outline_of_machine_learning
Conjoined islands in New York City
(sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City. Part of the
Randalls_and_Wards_Islands
British politician
following which Ward was announced as Labour's new candidate. More than 200 members of the local Labour Party protested against the method of Ward's selection
Chris Ward (British politician)
Chris_Ward_(British_politician)
Subdivisions of Belfast, Northern Ireland
The electoral wards of Belfast are subdivisions of the city, used primarily for statistics and elections. Belfast had 51 wards from May 1973, which were
Electoral_wards_of_Belfast
Distance between probability distributions
Applications include: Hierarchical clustering (a generalization of Ward's method) Testing multivariate normality Testing the multi-sample hypothesis
Energy_distance
Suicide method
it is the second most common method, behind firearms, and is by far the most common method for those in psychiatric wards and hospitals. Hanging accounts
Suicide_by_hanging
2022 United States Supreme Court case
Nance v. Ward, 597 U.S. 159 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to death row inmates' as-applied challenges to methods of execution
Nance_v._Ward
the size of wards. Mainland wards may now have between 2 and 5 councillors, and single councillor wards are permitted where such a ward includes an inhabited
2022_Scottish_local_elections
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
and Upper Braes wards; and parts of the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst and Falkirk South wards. In West Lothian: part of the Linlithgow ward. "Elections and
Falkirk_East_and_Linlithgow
Multi-winner electoral system
district magnitudes in the 6 to 13 range, or wards may be used, usually electing 2 to 5 members in each ward. If the Droop quota is used, for example, in
Single_transferable_vote
Electoral division of Stockport, England
electoral method, electing one councillor every year without election on the fourth. The ward was created in 2004, from parts of the former wards of West
Bramhall_South_and_Woodford
Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols
the method for everyone, and by 1837 the method was adopted by the Boston Primary School Committee. By 1844 the defects of the whole-word method became
Reading
algorithm with potentially multi-hop structures; for dynamic networks Ward's method: an agglomerative clustering algorithm, extended to more general Lance–Williams
List_of_algorithms
31 km2) to a smaller, mainly unparished area covering several district wards This was reformed in April 2023, from a district measuring 401.28 sq mi
List of smallest cities in the United Kingdom
List_of_smallest_cities_in_the_United_Kingdom
Scottish Parliament constituency
and Sciennes, and part of the South Morningside ward, which was split with Edinburgh Pentlands. The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the
Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Astrophysics equation
Chandrasekhar–Fermi method or CF method or Davis–Chandrasekhar–Fermi method is a method that is used to calculate the mean strength of the interstellar
Chandrasekhar–Fermi_method
British computer scientist (born 1952)
American computer scientist, developer of the Ward–Mellor method for real-time computing, the Shlaer–Mellor method, and Executable UML, and signatory to the
Stephen_J._Mellor
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections
Edinburgh Northern (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh_Northern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Professor at Northwestern University, known for work in children's theatre
Northwestern for the rest of her career. Ward founded the field of Creative Drama, a classroom teaching method that places a heavy emphasis on self-expression
Winifred_Ward
Grouping texts by similarity
algorithm, which includes single link, complete linkage, group average and Ward's method. By aggregating or dividing, documents can be clustered into hierarchical
Document_clustering
American Catholic nun and musician
educators to train them in the Ward method. Around 1930, Ward and Stevens had a disagreement in the use of the Ward method and the management of the Pius
Georgia_Lydia_Stevens
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
Ward (shared with Aberdeen Central) Torry/Ferryhill wards (shared with Aberdeen Central) Aberdeenshire: North Kincardine Ward (entire ward) Constituency
Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine
Aberdeen_Deeside_and_North_Kincardine
Agglomerative hierarchical clustering method
UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean) is a simple agglomerative (bottom-up) hierarchical clustering method. It also has a weighted variant
UPGMA
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections
Edinburgh_North_Western
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
election. The electoral wards used to define the Glasgow Southside at this review were: Pollokshields (entire ward) Langside (entire ward) Southside Central
Glasgow_Southside
Agglomerative hierarchical clustering method
pair of elements not yet belonging to the same cluster as each other. This method tends to produce long thin clusters in which nearby elements of the same
Single-linkage_clustering
Human settlement in England
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one councillor every year without election on the fourth. This
Manor_(Stockport_ward)
Electoral division of Stockport, England
Green and Norbury & Woodsmoor wards it makes up the Cheadle Parliamentary Constituency. Bramhall North electoral ward is represented in Westminster by
Bramhall_North
Aspect of politics in Scotland
councils are held under Single Transferable Vote (STV). All wards in Scotland are multi-member wards, meaning there are multiple councillors per area. Under
Electoral_system_of_Scotland
American lawyer
Bayard Cutting (1879–1975), who married George Cabot Ward in 1901. She developed the Ward Method of music education as a way to teach sight-singing to
William_Bayard_Cutting
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards were used to defined Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok: Linn (entire ward) Newlands/Auldburn (entire ward) Greater Pollok (entire ward) "Regional
Glasgow_Cathcart_and_Pollok
concept in several cultural groups of China of using various methods and devices believed to ward off supernatural evil or interfering forces. One author writes
Spiritual_warfare_in_China
New Zealand mayoral election
four of Dunedin's electoral wards. Candidates were also elected from wards to the Dunedin City Council. "Local elections on ward basis". The Evening Post
1986_Dunedin_mayoral_election
Former subdivisions of New York City
Charter of 1731 added a "Montgomerie Ward" to the north of the West Ward. The wards became numbered in 1791. In 1824 wards elected one member of the Board
Wards_of_New_York_City
Method of organizing groups of related concepts
visually in a series of interrelated maps. It is a type of integrative mixed method, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to data collection and
Group_concept_mapping
Burgh constituency of the Scottish Parliament
of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections
Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral
Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Inverclyde_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Agglomerative hierarchical clustering method
larger clusters until all elements end up being in the same cluster. The method is also known as farthest neighbour clustering. The result of the clustering
Complete-linkage_clustering
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards of Edinburgh Council: Leith Walk (shared with Edinburgh Northern); Leith (entire ward); Craigentinny/Duddingston (entire ward); "Edinburgh
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith
Edinburgh_North_Eastern_and_Leith
of Wards 1 to 13 of Karyabinayak municipality, the city was upgraded from sub-metropolitan to metropolitan city with 29 wards. Electors in each ward will
2017 Lalitpur municipal election
2017_Lalitpur_municipal_election
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Nikola Tesla Museum archive in Belgrade. in 1984 described a device using a method of charging slugs of tungsten or mercury to millions of volts and directing
Nikola_Tesla
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections
Skye,_Lochaber_and_Badenoch
Numerical method used in computational fluid dynamics
The Vortex lattice method, (VLM), is a numerical method used in computational fluid dynamics, mainly in the early stages of aircraft design and in aerodynamic
Vortex_lattice_method
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. The following electoral wards of the Highland Council electoral wards were used to redefine the seat at the second review
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross
Ineffective alternative eyesight improvement therapy
The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight. Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates
Bates_method
Subdivisions of Chicago
During the 19th century wards were used by the Census Bureau for data at the level below cities. This was problematic as wards were political subdivisions
Community_areas_of_Chicago
Most populous city in New Jersey, United States
five political wards (East, West, South, North and Central). The majority of black residents reside in the South, Central, and West Wards of the city, while
Newark,_New_Jersey
City legislative
to draw boundaries between the wards of St. Louis and ensured that the board was not able to change the election method without a public vote. Prop R also
St._Louis_Board_of_Aldermen
1960 book by Hans-Georg Gadamer
Truth and Method (German: Wahrheit und Methode) is a 1960 book by the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, in which the author deploys the concept of "philosophical
Truth_and_Method
Electoral division of Stockport, England
the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth. The ward is located in the east of Stockport
Bredbury_and_Woodley
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
the United States and the United Kingdom, the profile of Kondo and her methods were greatly promoted by the success of the Netflix series Tidying Up with
Marie_Kondo
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards were used to defined Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston: East Centre (entire ward) Shettleston (entire ward) Baillieston (entire ward) Estimate
Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston
Glasgow_Baillieston_and_Shettleston
President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
school, and was deeply committed to legal education, introducing the case method to the curriculum. As a federal judge, Taft could not involve himself with
William_Howard_Taft
Systematic study of people and cultures
form of inquiry that relies heavily on participant observation. In this method, the researcher participates in the setting or with the people being studied
Ethnography
Numbers. Tied ranks are resolved using the standard competition ranking method, in which entries with equal figures share the same rank and following ranks
List of best-selling video games
List_of_best-selling_video_games
Form of research
Qualitative methods include ethnography, grounded theory, discourse analysis, and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative research methods have
Qualitative_research
English osteopath (1912–1963)
for the killing was Ward's ability to embarrass the government and the royal family. The method, apparently, was to encourage Ward to continue to take
Stephen_Ward
Type of website edited collaboratively
reinserting spaces and possibly also reverting to lower case, but this simplistic method is not able to correctly present titles of mixed capitalization. For example
Wiki
American actress (born 1966)
for The Kominsky Method (2020) 28th SAG Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy, nomination, for The Kominsky Method (2022) Edelstein
Lisa_Edelstein
City and borough in London, England
on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018. "2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales". Office for National
City_of_Westminster
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards were used to define Glasgow Central: Govan (entire ward) Southside Central (Shared with Glasgow Southside) Calton (entire ward) Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Glasgow Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Glasgow_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model, given observations
In statistics, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of an assumed probability distribution, given some observed
Maximum_likelihood_estimation
Umbrella term for certain approaches to software development
Snowbird, Utah to discuss lightweight development methods. They were Kent Beck (Extreme Programming), Ward Cunningham (Extreme Programming), Dave Thomas (Pragmatic
Agile_software_development
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
following wards were used to define the seat: Inverness West (entire ward) Inverness Central (entire ward) Inverness Ness-Side (entire ward) Inverness
Inverness_and_Nairn
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
Council wards of Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, Whitburn and Blackburn, Bathgate, and Armadale and Blackridge, and part of the Linlithgow ward. "Bathgate"
Bathgate (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Bathgate_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Branch of science that studies society and its relationships
and political science. The majority of positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences as tools for understanding
Social_science
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
following electoral wards of Renfrewshire Council and East Renfrewshire Council: East Renfrewshire: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (entire ward) Newton Mearns
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley
Renfrewshire_West_and_Levern_Valley
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards were used to define the seat during the second review of Scottish Parliament boundaries: East Lothian Council: Musselburgh (entire ward) Tranent
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent
Edinburgh_Eastern,_Musselburgh_and_Tranent
Study of mental functions and behaviors
consider the unconscious mind. Research psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables
Psychology
Form of performance dance
recognized methods to teach or study ballet. These methods are the French School, the Vaganova Method, the Cecchetti Method, the Bournonville method, the Royal
Ballet
Non-profit church music organization
teachers and recitalists have included Langlais scholar Ann Labounsky, Ward Method instructor Amy Zuberbueler, Fr. Frank Phillips, C.R.. founder of the
Church Music Association of America
Church_Music_Association_of_America
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
The following electoral wards were used to define Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill: Hillhead (entire ward) Maryhill (entire ward) Canal (Shared with Glasgow
Glasgow_Kelvin_and_Maryhill
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
following electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council were used to define Rutherglen and Cambuslang: Rutherglen South (entire ward) Rutherglen Central
Rutherglen_and_Cambuslang
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
electoral wards were used to define Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn: Canal (Shared with Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill) Springburn/Robroyston (entire ward) North
Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn
Glasgow_Easterhouse_and_Springburn
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections
East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs
East_Lothian_Coast_and_Lammermuirs
Human settlement in England
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth. Together
Heatons_North
Place in Wajir County, Kenya
Burder Ward is an electoral ward of Wajir South Constituency in Wajir County Kenya. Burder Ward is one of the seven wards in Wajir South Constituency of
Burder_Ward
Quarter and ward of Monaco
them to "divide and conquer". Since then, they became wards. Today, Monaco is divided into 9 wards, which are grouped into 4 quartiers. The quarter of Monte
Monte_Carlo
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
The electoral wards used in the creation of Clackmannanshire and Dunblane for the 2011 election were: Clackmannanshire Council wards (entire council
Clackmannanshire_and_Dunblane
Region or constituency of the Scottish Parliament
reflect changes in the boundaries of the above wards, although the seat continues to be formed of the same wards as at the first periodic review. Incumbent
Perthshire_North
Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
testable explanations about nature and society. It is driven by the scientific method: an empirical cycle that typically involves making observations, producing
Science
Type of viruses that cause gastroenteritis
original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017. "Norovirus shuts wards and unit at three Sussex hospitals". BBC News. 11 January 2012. Archived
Norovirus
Scottish Parliament constituency
Edinburgh West constituency. The wards were created in 1999, at the same time as the constituency, and was replaced with new wards in 2007, without change to
Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)
Motorised passenger road vehicle
Citroën was the first native European manufacturer to adopt the production method. Soon, companies had to have assembly lines or risk going bankrupt; by 1930
Car
Human settlement in England
first past the post electoral method, electing each Councillor for a four-year term with no election every fourth year. The ward is in the south-west of Stockport
Heald_Green_(ward)
Agglomerative hierarchical clustering method
WPGMA (Weighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) is a simple agglomerative (bottom-up) hierarchical clustering method, generally attributed to Sokal
WPGMA
Canadian municipal election
first-past-the-post electoral system in single-member constituencies, called wards. Based on their electoral registration, voters are also eligible to elect
2026 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election
2026_Hamilton,_Ontario,_municipal_election
British tabloid newspaper
special trains to bring the London-printed papers north). The same production method was adopted in 1909 by the Daily Sketch, in 1927 by the Daily Express and
Daily_Mail
1941 horror novel by H. P. Lovecraft
like Ward, was "wheeled...in a carriage" in front of it. Like the Wards, the Maurans also owned a farmhouse in Pawtuxet, Rhode Island. Ward's ancestor
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The_Case_of_Charles_Dexter_Ward
Neighborhood in Houston, Texas
Third Ward is an area of Houston, Texas, United States which evolved from one of the six historic wards of the same name. It is located in the southeast
Third_Ward,_Houston
WARDS METHOD
WARDS METHOD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ware 1.
Girl/Female
Indian
Guardian, Protector
Girl/Female
Muslim German
Rose.
Boy/Male
Indian
Heir, Inheritor, Successor
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English Irish
Guard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
Boy/Male
British, English
Guard
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Guardian Protector
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Words
Boy/Male
Indian
Blossoms, Flowers
Female
African
one who wards off.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Punjabi, Sikh
Successor; Inheritor; Heir
Male
African
one who wards off.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Heir, Inheritor, Successor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the possessive case of the personal name Hard, denoting a son or servant of someone called Hard.
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Telugu
Rose; Guardian
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Guardian
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English weard, WARD means "guard, watchman."Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Blossoms, Flowers
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Arabic, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Irish, Jamaican, Teutonic
Bard; Surname; Guardian; Watchman
WARDS METHOD
WARDS METHOD
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Harmony
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Ling 1.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in western Norway named with lyng ‘heather’, either on its own, or with the addition of vin ‘meadow’.Dutch (de Linge) and North German : habitational name from a place named with Old Low German linge ‘strip of land or water’, or possibly with the river name Linge (this river flows through the Betuwe). See also Lingen.Possibly French, from a metonymic occupational name from linge ‘linen goods’, but there is no evidence of surname in North America.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vishwath | விஷà¯à®µà®¤Â
Universal soul, Part of vishwathmane namaha:†from Vishnu sahasranam
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Muslim
The All-hearing; He who Hear Everything
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Resembling the Full Moon
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Noble
Male
Russian
(Федот) Contracted form of Russian Feodot, FEDOT means "God-given."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu
The World
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Latin, Portuguese
Daffodil; A Lily
WARDS METHOD
WARDS METHOD
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WARDS METHOD
n.
A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock.
n. pl.
The refuse or coarse part of fiax; tow.
n. pl.
See 4th Ware.
a.
Respecting words; full of words; wordy.
n.
The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.
v. i.
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
v. i.
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
a.
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
n.
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
superl.
Containing many words; full of words.
n.
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
n.
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
n.
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
v. i.
Alt. of -wards
n.
The principal ward of a key.
n.
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
v. i.
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
a.
Having warts; full of warts; overgrow with warts; as, a warty leaf.
n.
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.