Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

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Presidential :: Presidential (a.) Presiding or watching over.
Watchmen :: Watchmen (pl. ) of Watchma.
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Argus :: Argus (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
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..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..
Await :: Await (n.) A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..
Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..
Bezel :: Bezel (n.) The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set..
Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
Long :: Long (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching..
Horologer :: Horologer (n.) A maker or vender of clocks and watches; one skilled in horology.
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..
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention..
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