Definition of watch

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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..

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Bewake :: Bewake (v. t. & i.) To keep watch over; to keep awake.
Lockup :: Lockup (n.) A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Watch :: Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Warden :: Warden (n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Con :: Con (v. t.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer..
Vigilant :: Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary..
Outwatch :: Outwatch (v. t.) To exceed in watching.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever..
Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..
Late :: Late (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher..
Horography :: Horography (n.) The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials..
Watch :: 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..
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..
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.
Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
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