Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

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Espy :: Espy (v. i.) To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Lookout :: Lookout (n.) A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
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..
Timer :: Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc..
Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters..
Observant :: Observant (a.) Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful; obedient (to); -- with of, as, to be observant of rules..
Pernoctalian :: Pernoctalian (n.) One who watches or keeps awake all night.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring..
Horography :: Horography (n.) The art of constructing instruments for making the hours, as clocks, watches, and dials..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
Outguard :: Outguard (n.) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended..
Pedometer :: Pedometer (n.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step..
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
Right-handed :: Right-handed (a.) Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night..
Watch :: Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch..
Will :: Will (n.) To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch..
Vestal :: Vestal (a.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
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