vaward

n.
1.vanguard,forefront 前卫，先头部队，前列。
△ H.V.4.3.129 (130):“My lord. most humbly on my knee Ibeg / The leading of the vaward.”陛下，我最谦卑地跪下来向你恳求，请准我率领先头部队。
△ 1H.vi. 1.1.132:“He.being in the vaward.placed behind / With purpose torelieve and follow them,/ Cowardly fled,not having struck one stroke.”他本来在先头部队，放在后边的目的是为了接应部队，但他却怯懦地未打一下就逃跑了。
2. forepart. early portion 前段，前一部分。
△ Mid.4.1.1 1 1 ( 105): “And since we have the vaward of theday，”趁我们前半天没有事做。
vaward of youth: forefront of youth. prime of youth青春的前列，青春鼎盛时期。
△2H.IV. 1. 2. 201 (176):“andwe that are in the vaward of our youth ,I must con-fess,are wags too.”我得承认，我们这些正当青春年少的人，也都是些荒唐鬼。