Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

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Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Circumspective :: Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen..
Bewake :: Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.
Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.
Minder :: Minder (n.) One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom..
Horologer :: Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
Watchmen :: Watchmen (pl. ) of Watchma.
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Surveillant :: Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Watching :: Watching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watc.
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch..
Perdu :: Perdu (a.) One placed on watch, or in ambush..
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Brequet Chain :: Brequet chain () A watch-guard.
Open-eyed :: Open-eyed (a.) With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
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