wardedadj.1
/ˈwɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɔrdəd/ Of a key, lock: Constructed with wards. (Usually with defining word prefixed.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of key
warded1572
picklock1609
bittedc1615
wardless1927
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 94v This Crosse ought to be figured as a double warded key.
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. E4 He..can pick a locke if it be not to crosse warded.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxiii. sig. O5 Attendants are like to..lockes... If they be such as a stranger may picke..it is very fit to change them instantly. But if they be well warded, they are then good guards of our fame.
1850 J. Chubb On Constr. Locks & Keys 8 There was also another lock constructed on the warded principle, but with the addition of a single tumbler.
1853 Hobbs & Tomlinson Locks v. 58 Complex warded locks.
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wardedadj.2
/ˈwɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɔrdəd/ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > committing to custody > detained in custody
wardedc1610
c1610 J. Forbes Certaine Rec. (Wodrow Soc.) ii. viii. 455 The guard came..with a warrand to receive the warded ministers, and convoy them to the Councell.
2. Furnished with a protective padding; guarded.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > furnished with protective padding
warded1853
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House i. 2 Running their goat-hair and horse-hair warded heads against walls of words.
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wardedadj.3
/ˈwɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɔrdəd/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
? Affected with callosity.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > hardening or thickening > afflicted with
callosea1400
callousa1400
brawny1613
warded1658
imperspirable1668
callused1714
calloused1746
waulked1786
hoofed1828
horn-fisted1929
1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 650 Acts of mercy and forgivenesse, are with so much difficulty drawn..from those, that are Saints, even like milk out of a warded breast.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) at Ward v. The hands of hard working people are said to be warded.
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wardedadj.4
/ˈwɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɔrdəd/ (See quot. 1894.)
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > [adjective] > assigned or allotted
admeasured1340
assignedc1374
allocate1533
allotted?1567
lotted1567
allocated?1713
warded1894
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Warded, assigned, set out, awarded by commissioners appointed to carry out the division of common lands. Warded roads, the roads thus set out.
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