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Watching :: Watching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Watc.

Countersign :: Countersign (a.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A round or course which is frequently gone over; as, a watchman's beat..

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

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..

Watch :: Watch (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch..

Excubation :: Excubation (n.) A keeping watch.

Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..

Invigilancy :: Invigilancy (n.) Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.

Eye :: Eye (v. t.) To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view..

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case; as, the barrel of a windlass; the barrel of a watch, within which the spring is coiled..

Work :: Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Outwatch :: Outwatch (v. t.) To exceed in watching.

Horology :: Horology (n.) The science of measuring time, or the principles and art of constructing instruments for measuring and indicating portions of time, as clocks, watches, dials, etc..

Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.

Surveillant :: Surveillant (n.) One who watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles..

Guard :: Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes..

Lidless :: Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful..

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