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- English Word Wastrel Definition A profligate.
- English Word Wastrel Definition A neglected child; a street Arab.
- English Word Wastrel Definition Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.
- English Word Watch Definition 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.
- English Word Watch Definition One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
- English Word Watch Definition The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- English Word Watch Definition 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.
- English Word Watch Definition A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
- English Word Watch Definition An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
- English Word Watch Definition 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.
- English Word Watch Definition To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
- English Word Watch Definition To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
- English Word Watch Definition To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
- English Word Watch Definition 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.
- English Word Watch Definition To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
- English Word Watch Definition 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.
- English Word Watch Definition To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
- English Word Watchdog Definition A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
- English Word Watched Definition of Watch
- English Word Watcher Definition One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
- English Word Watches Definition The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.
- English Word Watchet Definition Pale or light blue.
- English Word Watchful Definition 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.
- English Word Watchhouse Definition A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
- English Word Watchhouse Definition A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
- English Word Watchhouses Definition of Watchhouse
- English Word Watching Definition of Watch
- English Word Watchmaker Definition One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
- English Word Watchman Definition One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
- English Word Watchman Definition Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.