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Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..

Sentineled :: Sentineled (imp. & p. p.) of Sentine.

Centinel :: Centinel (n.) Sentinel.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To watch over like a sentinel.

Sentinelled :: Sentinelled () of Sentine.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (v. t.) To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..

Sentinelling :: Sentinelling () of Sentine.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..

Post :: Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel..

Post :: Post (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.

Station :: Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel..

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..

Round :: Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural..

Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.

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..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Watchtower :: Watchtower (n.) A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like..

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