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  • 91Guard —    1) Heb. tabbah (properly a cook, and in a secondary sense executioner, because this office fell to the lot of the cook in Eastern countries), the bodyguard of the kings of Egypt (Gen. 37:36) and Babylon (2 Kings 25:8; Jer. 40:1; Dan. 2:14).… …

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  • 92guard — {{11}}guard (n.) early 15c., one who keeps watch, from M.Fr. garde guardian, warden, keeper; watching, keeping, custody, from O.Fr. garder to keep, maintain, preserve, protect (corresponding to O.N.Fr. warder, see GU (Cf. gu )), from Frankish… …

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  • 93Guard Ersatz Division (German Empire) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=Guard Ersatz Division ( Garde Ersatz Division ) dates=1914 1919 country=Germany branch=Army type=Infantry size=Approx. 15,000 battles=World War I: Frontiers, Race to the Sea, Verdun notable commanders=Maximilian… …

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  • 94Guard digit — In numerical analysis, one or more guard digits can be used to reduce the amount of roundoff error.For example, suppose that the final result of a long, multi step calculation can be safely rounded off to N decimal places. That is to say, the… …

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  • 95guard — 01. The mother cat [guarded] her kittens against the male cat. 02. He works as a prison [guard] in a federal penitentiary. 03. While one robber went into the bank, his partner stood [guard] outside, watching for the police. 04. Both the young boy …

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  • 96guard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English garde, from Anglo French garde, guarde, warde, from garder, guarder, warder, to guard, defend, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wartēn to watch, take care more at ward Date: 15th century 1. one… …

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  • 97Guard — This unusual name is an occupational surname for a watchman or guard. Derived from the pre 9th century old French word garde , meaning to watch, or protect, it was introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. From there on it was… …

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  • 98guard lock — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep …

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  • 99Guard tour patrol system — A Guard tour patrol system is a system for logging the rounds of employees in a variety of situations such as Security guards patrolling property, technicians monitoring climate controlled environments, and correctional officers checking prisoner …

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  • 100guard hair — noun coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals • Hypernyms: ↑hair • Part Holonyms: ↑fur * * * noun : any of the long coarse hairs forming a protective coating over the underfur of a furred mammal; also : the …

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