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Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Ambush.

Page :: Page (n.) A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body..

Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..

See :: See (v. t.) To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..

Porter :: Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign..

Expectant :: Expectant (n.) One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

Twaite :: Twaite (n.) A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.

Await :: Await (v. t.) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good..

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..

Waitress :: Waitress (n.) A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.

Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at..

Tidesman :: Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

Ambush :: Ambush (v. i.) To lie in wait, for the purpose of attacking by surprise; to lurk..

Await :: Await (v. i.) To watch.

Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) Waiting for; expectation.

Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A place or post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting for something.

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..

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