Definition of watch

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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..

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Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
Guardianship :: Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch..
Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
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..
Chokedar :: Chokedar (n.) A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.
Clock :: Clock (n.) A watch, esp. one that strikes..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
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..
Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Observant :: Observant (a.) Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..
Outlook :: Outlook (n.) One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower..
Fob :: Fob (n.) A little pocket for a 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..
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..
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