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† esguard Obs. [a. OF. esgard (mod.F. égard) ‘tribunal des chevaliers de Malte’, lit. ‘look, attention’, corresp. to It. sguardo: see es- and guard.] A tribunal existing among the knights of St. John, to settle differences between members of the order.
1616Beaum. & Fl. Knt. of Malta v. ii, Proceed to th' ceremony:—one of our Esguard Degrade Mountferrat first. |