Definition of watch

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Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

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Lidless :: Lidless (a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful..
Watch :: Watch (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch..
Outlook :: Outlook (n.) One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel..
Vigilant :: Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary..
Await :: Await (v. i.) To watch.
Patrolman :: Patrolman (n.) One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city..
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..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body..
Watches :: Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.
Circumspective :: Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.
Noctograph :: Noctograph (n.) An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats.
Eye :: Eye (v. t.) To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view..
Movement :: Movement (n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch..
Dextrally :: Dextrally (adv.) Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally..
Dogwatch :: Dogwatch (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m..
Staff :: Staff (n.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch..
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Scout :: Scout (v. i.) To go on the business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout..
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