Definition of watch

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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..

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Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
Wareful :: Wareful (a.) Wary; watchful; cautious.
Herrnhuter :: Herrnhuter (n.) One of the Moravians; -- so called from the settlement of Herrnhut (the Lord's watch) made, about 1722, by the Moravians at the invitation of Nicholas Lewis, count of Zinzendorf, upon his estate in the circle of Bautzen..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly..
Care :: Care (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care..
Watchhouse :: Watchhouse (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Starch :: Starblowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc..
Waking :: Waking (n.) A watch; a watching.
Wardmote :: Wardmote (n.) Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like..
See :: See (v. t.) To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after..
Horologer :: Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
Oversee :: Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
Await :: Await (n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.
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