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hayward
CIDE DICTIONARY
hayward, n. [Hay a hedge + ward.].
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large. [1913 Webster]
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hayward
Keeper
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