Obs. [Perh. a use of the nautical WARTAKE (associated with WARE v.1).] A safeguard.
1542. Brinklow, Lament. (1874), 86. Ye will haue a prest to singe for you also, as it ware for a waretack. Ibid., 88. Bycause ye haue not full trust in Christes meretes, ye grope after vayne waretackes.
