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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Brequet Chain :: Brequet chain () A watch-guard.
Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
Lookout :: Lookout (n.) A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
Conder :: Conder (n.) One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.
Guardianship :: Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch..
Abide :: Abide (v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time..
Starch :: Starblowlines (n. pl.) The men in the starboard watch.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement..
Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..
Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..
Forwaked :: Forwaked (p. p. & a.) Tired out with excessive waking or watching.
Watchdog :: Watchdog (n.) A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A light tackle, consisting of a double and single block and the fall, used for various purposes, as to increase the purchase on a topsail sheet in hauling it home; the watch tackle..
Narrowly :: Narrowly (adv.) With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly..
Excubitorium :: Excubitorium (n.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night..
Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..
Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..
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..
Care :: Care (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
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