warded

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ward·ed

(wôr′dĭd)

adj.

Having notches or ridges. Used of a key or lock.

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warded

(ˈwɔːdɪd)

adj

(Mechanical Engineering) (of locks, keys, etc) having wards

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ward•ed

(ˈwɔr dɪd)

adj.

having notches, slots, or wards, as in locks.

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On such an afternoon some score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be--as here they are--mistily engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee-deep in technicalities, running their goat-hair and horsehair warded heads against walls of words and making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might.