Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) Ambush.

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Await :: Await (n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..
Waitress :: Waitress (n.) A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.
Lurk :: Lurk (v. i.) To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..
Queue :: Queue (n.) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany; to await.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..
Till :: Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week..
Expectant :: Expectant (a.) Waiting in expectation; looking fo.
Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Waiting :: Waiting () a. & n. from Wait, v..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
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