Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

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Excubitorium :: Excubitorium (n.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night..
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..
Care :: Care (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
Erect :: Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
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..
Wakeful :: Wakeful (a.) Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Tout :: Tout (n.) One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The fusee of a watch.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept..
Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.
Timer :: Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast..
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
Jealous :: Jealous (a.) Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
Ranger :: Ranger (n.) The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc..
Jewel :: "Jewel (n.) A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
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