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n.
A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
n.
A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
v. i.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
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.
n.
That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
v. i.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
n.
An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
imp. & p. p.
of Watch
n.
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
v. i.
To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
n.
A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
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v. i.
One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
pl.
of Watchhouse
n.
One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
v. t.
To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
n.
One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
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of Watchman
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.
n.
A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password.
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