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Sentineling :: Sentineling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sentine.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..

Sentineled :: Sentineled (imp. & p. p.) of Sentine.

Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..

Sentry :: Sentry (n.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel.

Post :: Post (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with Who comes there?.

Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..

Station :: Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel..

Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..

Post :: Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel..

Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..

Centinel :: Centinel (n.) Sentinel.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Qui Vive :: Qui vive () The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; -- used like the English challenge: Who comes there?.

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