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Encyclopedia Britannica



WARD

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 322 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WARD , that which guards or watches and that which is guarded or watched. The word is a doublet of " guard," which was adapted from the French comparatively
late
  into English. Both are to be referred to the Teutonic root war-, to protect, defend, cf. " wary," " warn," " beware," O. Eng. weard, Ger. warten, &c., and the English " guardian," " garrison," &c. The
principal
  applications of the
term
  are, in architecture, to the inner courts of a fortified place; at Windsor Castle they are called the upper and lower wards (see
BAILEY
 , CASTLE) ; to a
ridge
  of metal inside a lock blocking the passage of any key which has not a corresponding slot into which the
ridge
  fits, the slot in the key being also called " ward " (see LOCKS). Another branch of meaning is to be found in the use of the word for a division into which a borough is divided for the purpose of election of councillors, or a parish for election of guardians. It was also the
term
  used as equivalent to " hundred " in
Northumberland and
Cumberland
 . To this branch belongs the use for the various large or small
separate
  rooms in a
hospital
 
    See Also:
, asylum, &c., where patients are received and treated. The most general meaning of the word is for a
minor
  or person who is under a guardianship (see INFANT,
MARRIAGE
  and ROMAN LAW).


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