Defn: The garfish.
GUARDFUL
Guard"ful, a.
Defn: Cautions; wary; watchful. [Obs. or Poetic.] — Guard"ful*ly, adv.
GUARDHOUSE
Guard"house`, n. (Mil.)
Defn: A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
GUARDIAN Guard"i*an, n. Etym: [OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]
1. One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.
2. (Law)
Defn: One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. — viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Guardian ad litem ( (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. — Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.
GUARDIAN
Guard"i*an, a.