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Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.

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

Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.

Watchhouse :: Watchhouse (n.) A house in which a watch or guard is placed.

Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..

Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..

Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Clock :: Clock (n.) A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Cautious :: Cautious (a.) Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general..

Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..

Await :: Await (v. t.) To watch for; to look out for.

Movement :: Movement (n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc..

Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..

Ward :: Ward (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1..

Spiral :: Spiral (a.) Winding or circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral curve of a watch spring..

Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..

Stem :: Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached..

Guardianship :: Guardianship (n.) The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch..

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