Beau. & Fl.
Warden pie, a pie made of warden pears. [Obs.] Shak.
{ Ward"en*ry (?), Ward"en*ship, } n. The office or jurisdiction of a
warden.
Ward"er (?), n. 1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. "The
warders of the gate." Dryden.
2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and
used in signaling his will.
When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warder to
arrest them there.
Daniel.
Wafting his warder thrice about his head, He cast it up with his
auspicious hand, Which was the signal, through the English spread, This
they should charge.
Drayton.
Ward"i*an (?), a. Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass
inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing
plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; — so named from
the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
Ward"mote` (?), n. Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward;
also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults
in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like. Brande & C.
"Wards and wardmotes." Piers Plowman.
Ward"robe` (?), n. [OE. warderobe, OF. warderobe, F. garderobe; of
German origin. See Ward, v. t., and Robe.]
1. A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is
stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.
2. Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal
decoration.
Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear.
Milton.
With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe.
T. Hughes.