Ward-corn

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ward-corn \Ward"-corn`\, n. [Ward + F. corne horn, L. cornu.]
     (O. Eng. Law)
     The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under
     {Watch}, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of
     surprise. --Burrill.
     [1913 Webster]