Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen..

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Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Waiting :: Waiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wai.
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..
Waitingly :: Waitingly (adv.) By waiting.
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart..
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..
Mistress :: Mistress (v. i.) To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
Duenna :: Duenna (n.) The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain.
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for..
Footman :: Footman (n.) A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc..
Expectancy :: Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope..
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Tray :: Tray (n.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver..
Engineman :: Engineman (n.) A man who manages, or waits on, an engine..
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Servifor :: Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities..
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