Definition of wait

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Wait (v. i.) Ambush.

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Porter :: Porter (n.) A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive messages.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
Tray :: Tray (n.) A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver..
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..
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop..
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at..
Limbus :: Limbus (n.) An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait for; to await.
Thwaite :: Thwaite (n.) The twaite.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher..
Servifor :: Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities..
Expectancy :: Expectancy (n.) That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope..
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
Kidney :: Kidney (n.) A waiter.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) One who watches; a watchman.
Patience :: Patience (n.) The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance.
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..
Twaite :: Twaite (n.) A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.
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