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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Parole :: Parole (n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards..

Ward :: Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Conduct :: Conduct (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

Fence :: Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc..

Hesperides :: Hesperides (n. pl.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also Atlantides..

Splashy :: Splasher (n.) A guard to keep off splashes from anything.

Defence :: Defence (n.) That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection..

Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To sustain; to support; to guard.

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..

Watchful :: Watchful (a.) Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits..

Argus :: Argus (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail..

Forted :: Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts..

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.

Premunite :: Premunite (v. t.) To fortify beforehand; to guard against objection.

Rearward :: Rearward (n.) The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.

Security :: Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

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