Definition of watch

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Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch..

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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..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (adv.) With a ticking noise, like that of a watch..
Careful :: Careful (a.) Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right..
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..
Fob :: Fob (n.) A little pocket for a watch.
Swate :: Swatch (n.) A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
Left-handed :: Left-handed (a.) Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction..
Work :: Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch..
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To watch; to observe; to take notice.
Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
Spell :: Spell (n.) The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead..
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..
Stage :: Stag (v. t.) To watch; to dog, or keep track of..
Pendant :: Pendant (n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended..
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..
Jewel :: "Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels..
Pivot :: Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch..
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